Psychosomatics: A Modern Educational and Practical Guide

A practical guide that will help you understand the connection between chronic stress and illnesses, learn to recognize and eliminate their hidden causes. Based on the curriculum, the book offers diagnostic tests and treatment methods to restore balance in the body and soul.

Many diseases are caused by chronic stress and negative emotions, which disrupt harmony of body and soul, provoking the development of psychosomatic symptoms and worsening overall health.

This book is the result of many years of scientific-practical and research activity by G. V. Starchenbaum, a well-known psychotherapist and specialist in psychosomatics. It will help you understand the connection between emotions and physical health, teach you to recognize and eliminate hidden causes of illnesses, and propose effective methods to restore inner balance and strengthen health.

The text is equipped with practical tools—diagnostic tests, questionnaires, and scales—as well as a treatment method for psychosomatic diseases, from hypochondria to diseases of internal and external organs.

You’ll not only receive detailed, structured information on the topic, but you’ll also be able to check your knowledge using test assignments. The manual is based on the curriculum of the discipline “Foundations of Psychosomatics” and complies with the Federal State Educational Standard. With this book you will:
• learn to distinguish a somatic disorder from other illnesses;
• familiarize yourself with diagnostic and treatment methods for diseases caused by stress;
• learn how to help loved ones with psychosomatic illnesses;
• study the discipline “Foundations of Psychosomatics.”

The manual is suitable both for practicing psychotherapists and psychiatrists and for a wide range of readers who want to study this topic independently.

This book contains additional material in the form of a PDF file that you can download on the audiobook page on the website after purchasing it.
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