First of all, now ...

First of all, at present, this relationship seems to be much closer than ever before. If a few decades ago it was believed that within only certain diseases (bronchial asthma, peptic ulcer disease, hypertension, migraine, etc.) significantly affected by psychological factors, it is now almost all somatic diseases, ranging from the usual common cold to cancer, are to some extent "psychosomatic." Today, the role of stress in somatic pathology seems not only wider but also more complex. The researchers believe that even if the disease is caused by purely physical factors, it is, in turn, serves as a source emotional stress. Thus, a third of patients attending a general practitioner, marked symptoms of depression, and approximately 20% of hospitalized patients can be diagnosed depressive neurosis. There is no doubt that emotional factors can, in turn, influence the course of the disease, its severity and outcome. Thus, most experts have concluded, according to which somatic pathology can not be studied in isolation from psychological factors. A holistic look at the relationship between physical and mental led to the development of a new branch of science - behavioral medicine (also called health psychology). the emergence of behavioral medicine served as the three most important historical factors. The first of them - the aforementioned departure from the holistic thinking: the recognition that our way of life and state of mind affect the physical being. The second - recognition of the fact that the psychology of its accumulated store of knowledge concerning the emotional and intellectual life of man, can make a significant contribution to the study and treatment of somatic diseases. And finally, the third - a discovery that some treatment methods, first developed in the framework of behavioral therapy such as biofeedback and auditory training, to play a significant role in the treatment of somatic disorders in the genesis of which involved stress factors. Common questions of the pathogenesis of psychosomatic disorders model describing the pathogenesis of psychosomatic disorders, was suggested by G. Schwartz in 1977. The essence of the model G. Schwartz - a negative feedback (CCA). Feedback - the process by which the information back into the system, provides its regulation. DUS is a kind of feedback, in which the inclusion of one component of the system turns off another of its components to provide regulation. DUS - a key link in the regulation of processes occurring in the body. For example in response to stressful environmental factors impulses from the central nervous system (CNS) can cause elevation of blood pressure. If it rises too high, the baroreceptors are activated, sending a signal back to the CNS, which in turn lowers blood pressure.