Mind and Body – On the Psychoneuroimmunology of Physical Disorders

Authors

  • Volker Tschuschke

Keywords:

Key words, Psychoneuroimmunology, Stress, Coping, Cancer and Coping, Psychotherapy and Cancer

Abstract

The connections between the processes of internal organs, perception, stress formation as well as their effects will be illustrated. The significance of a positive psychological experience for health on the one hand and, in the case of a negative experience, a risk of disease on the other, inevitably push psychological and psychotherapeutic interventions towards a new perspective. Psychotherapeutic treatments, in particular, have shown to have lasting effects on depressive and anxious states of individuals which are subject to chronic exposure to stressful situations. The specific aim of psychotherapeutic interventions for patients suffering from severe physical conditions is to dissolve environmental stress by developing coping strategies.

Author Biography

Volker Tschuschke

Volker Tschuschke, Prof. Dr. em. am Lehrstuhl Medizinische Psychologie am Universitätsklinikum zu Köln, ist Dozent, Lehranalytiker und Supervisor an zahlreichen Weiterbildungsinstituten. Er ist Autor und Herausgeber verschiedener Bücher sowie zahlreicher Fachpublikationen, Psychologischer Psychotherapeut, Psychoanalytiker, Supervisor und Balintgruppenleiter. Forschung in der Psychotherapie und in der Psychoonkologie. Mitglied der SPR (Society for Psychotherapy Research).

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Published

2017-12-15

How to Cite

Tschuschke, V. (2017). Mind and Body – On the Psychoneuroimmunology of Physical Disorders. Psychotherapie-Wissenschaft, 7(2), 51–60. Retrieved from https://psychotherapie-wissenschaft.info/article/view/1771

Issue

No. 2 (2017): Psychosomatische Ansätze in der Psychotherapie

Section

Titelthema: Psychosomatische Ansätze in der Psychotherapie

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