Bio-psycho-social medicine is a comprehensive form of medicine bridging clinical medicine and public health
Mutsuhiro Nakao
BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2010, 4:19doi:10.1186/1751-0759-4-19
Published: 5 November 2010 Abstract (provisional)
The journal, BioPsychoSocial Medicine, was launched in January 2007, and more than three and a half years have passed since the start of publication. A total of 70 articles have been published, as of August 2010, but the number of those directly discussing issues of public health or social medicine is relatively small. Psychosomatic medicine, or biopsychosocial medicine, encompasses all aspects of the interrelationships between the biological, psychological, social, and behavioral factors of health and illness, and is not limited to mind and body connections in humans. Thus, it is meaningful that social aspects of health and illness are discussed in the current issue of this journal. The purpose of this special series is to introduce important concepts of social medicine relevant to the research fields of psychosomatic medicine.
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Friday, November 12, 2010
Discussing concepts of social medicine relevant to the research fields of psychosomatic medicine
This is an interesting editorial/review article from the open source journal, BioPsychoSocial Medicine - here the authors look at the relative absence of social in the biopsychosocial approach, and proposes some avenues for exploration. This is model is the closest thing we currently have to an integral medical model that is widespread and in use.
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