Preface

Psychosomatic medicine has many definitions. It is accepted as a comprehensive, interdisciplinary framework aimed at assessing psychological factors related with individual vulnerability and how these elements influence the course and outcome of illnesses. An integral perspective (biopsychosocial) of clinical practices and a whole vision of psychotherapies make a better contribution to the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of medical diseases. Psychosomatic medicine is considered as a way to practice medicine, a field that includes specific pathologies (and not others) and, more recently, a whole perspective of human suffering.

This book is divided into three sections. The first, "Psychosomatic Medicine," addresses some general topics and includes two chapters by Prof. Lázár Imre ("The Network Paradigm: New Niches for Psychosomatic Medicine") and Dr. Anders Anne Iris Miriam ("Psychological and Societal Implications of Projecting the Shadow on the Feminine in Tibetan Buddhist Contexts"). The second section, "Organic Diseases and Psychosomatic Approach," includes chapters on "Fibromyalgia Syndrome" (Dr. Martínez-Quiñones et al.) and "Palliative Care" (Dr. Mejías et al.) The third section focuses on different psychopathologies from a psychosomatic point of view. The two first chapters in this section highlight some topics on anxiety and depression. Orla McDevitt-Petrovic and Karen Kirby focus their chapter on "Health Anxiety," and Ralph F. Tauber et al. develop their chapter on "Psychosomatic Rehabilitation for Depression." A third chapter by I. Jáuregui-Lobera and M. Montes-Martinez focuses on "Emotional Eating and Obesity." Finally, there are two chapters devoted to "Traumatic Stress Disorders," by Yuanyuan Li et al. and Dr. Margaret Trey.

This book is the result of international contributors from China, Germany, Hungary, the United Kingdom, Spain, and the United States. We thank all authors for their chapters, which undoubtedly will contribute to improving knowledge in the field of modern psychosomatic medicine.

We would also like to thank IntechOpen, specifically Ms. Sandra Bakic and Ms. Mia Vulovic, for making this scientific book possible.

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**Chapter 7 141**

**Chapter 8 157**

**Chapter 9 183**

Emotional Eating and Obesity

Some Recent Research Findings

*and Christina Hoven*

Marginalized Clients

*by Ignacio Jáuregui-Lobera and Marian Montes-Martínez*

Use of Falun Gong to Address Traumatic Stress among

*by Margaret Trey and Cirecie West-Olatunji*

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Children and Adolescents:

*by Yuanyuan Li, Ya Zhou, Xiaoyan Chen, Fang Fan, George Musa* 

**Ignacio Jáuregui-Lobera** Pablo de Olavide University, Sevilla, Spain

**1**

Section 1

Psychosomatic Medicine

Section 1
