Psychiatry and Medical Practice in a General Hospital
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The purpose of this paper is not to discuss "psychosomatic medicine" or psychiatry as a medical specialty concerned mainly with neuroses and psychoses, but rather to delineate certain important aspects of the role of psychologic thought in medical practice.
Abstract
VARIOUS interesting facets of the complex problem pertaining to the integration of psychiatry and medicine have been presented of late by a great number of psychiatrists and internists.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 The purpose of this paper is not to discuss "psychosomatic medicine" or psychiatry as a medical specialty concerned mainly with neuroses and psychoses, but rather to delineate certain important aspects of the role of psychologic thought in medical practice. When referring to psychologic thought, I have in mind psychoanalytically oriented psychology, or what is frequently called dynamic or depth psychology. This psychologic system maintains that there is more to a person's emotional . . .