Edited by Michael Blumenfield and James J. Strain. 949 pp. Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006. $199. ISBN 978-0-7817-6046-1.
Lord Chesterfield (1694–1773) wrote, "I find, by experience,that the mind and the body are more than married, for they aremost intimately united; and when one suffers, the other sympathizes."The dilemma of the body–mind connection has perplexedscientists for centuries. Evidence of interest can be foundin the earliest writings on the history of medicine. Psychosomaticmedicine emerged as the field that focuses on coexisting medicaland psychiatric conditions and serves as the interface betweenthe two fields. In June 2005, the first subspecialty examinationin psychosomatic medicine was administered by the American Boardof Psychiatry and Neurology. . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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