Definitions

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  • Consisting of mind and body; pertaining to mind and body, or to their relation.

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  • adjective medicine Pertaining to the effects of the body on the mind.

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Examples

  • In December the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Johnson suffers from Hepatitis C, "an incurable, blood-borne liver disease" whose symptoms include somatopsychic ones:

    Hurry Up and Wait James Taranto 2010

  • Psychosomatic and somatopsychic operate in unison, stimulation being exchanged and fused in both directions.

    Dr. Leo Rangell: Music in the Head: Living at the Brain-Mind Border; Part 3 2008

  • The somatopsychic model dictates certain research pathways:

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

  • Since anxiety and anger—and often violence—may be manifestations of the somatopsychic syndrome, it may be useful to explore the relationship between genetic anomalies, neurotransmitter deficits and imbalances, and exaggerated “flight or fight” responses.

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

  • These somatopsychic syndromes constitute exciting new frontiers in medicine and treatment.

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

  • The somatopsychic model dictates certain research pathways:

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

  • Since anxiety and anger—and often violence—may be manifestations of the somatopsychic syndrome, it may be useful to explore the relationship between genetic anomalies, neurotransmitter deficits and imbalances, and exaggerated “flight or fight” responses.

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

  • These somatopsychic syndromes constitute exciting new frontiers in medicine and treatment.

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

  • Homeopathic remedies reduce, modulate, and stimulate the reactivity of the three main biologic systems (nervous, immune and endocrine), to re-balance their physiological functioning, acting in both directions, (psychosomatic and somatopsychic).

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008

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