PREFACE
Body obeys to the spirit

PREFACE
Body obeys to the spirit.
Abu Ali Ibn Sina. Avicenna
ecently in the Republic of Uzbekistan has been paid a
great attention to medical psychology, psychosomatic
medicine and psychotherapy. Preparation of expe
rienced medical psychologists and psychothera
peutics’ for health care is one of the urgent problems.
Thus it is very important to create modern manuals
to prepare skilfull professionals.
The 1st edition of this manual was published in
2008 got a prize nomination “The best manual” In
2009 reedited and filled 2nd edition was published.
So far have been significant changes in medicine
and psychology. There are master courses and
clinical residencies in higher educational institutions
have been opening psychology faculties and set up
preparation of experienced professionals for curative
health facilities. This means that already in the bachelor
courses we should teach thoroughly of students for
medical psychology, psychosomatic medicine and
psychotherapy. There is the reason that the leading
specialists of medicine had said that “Each doctor
must be a psychologist”. No doubt for this. Because
in each disease the human psychology changes first.
Therefore before examining the patient doctor needs
to study his psychology.
Meanwhile, the doctor should know about not
only patient’s disease history, but also psychological
anamnesis, which in the future is able to inform to
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make great opportunity to put diagnosis correctly and treat patient
truly.
At the end of ХХ century Famous German psychiatrist and
psychologist Ernst Krechmer leaded the idea of “In spite of medical
psychology is near to psychiatry, it is necessary to see it as an
independent subject and works out teaching methodology”.
The scientist edited “Medical psychology” as abook in 1922 and at the
same year in the all medical institutions of Europe began to teach as a
special subject.
The prepared specialist began to treat patients in the different
clinics similarly with psychiatrists and neurologists. Lately not
only psychogenetic but also psychosomatic disorders correction
had become as the main tasks of medical psychologists. Today
the main treatment establishments for medical psychologists are
psychosomatic medical centers and clinics. They practice and work
in somatic clinics showing medicalpsychological help to different
patients. There are a lot of emergency medical centers with
“emergency medical psychological help” system. This manual’s 3rd
edition consists of 14 chapters and prepared according to modern
requirements. Manual is enriched with last scientific research
achievements.
This manual has been worked out the methodology according to
an experience of Uzbekistan and emphasized patients psychology
and medical psychological to help strategies in different diseases.
In spite of students choice of medical field, they must know making
conversation with different patients and collecting psychological
anamnesis rules. The manual reflects in this text especially. There
are special chapters dedicated to the basis of psychosomatic
medicine.
You may be acknowledged with medical psychology’s great
direc tion of neuropsychology in the special chapter, it emphasizes
neuropsychological syndromes and diagnostics. The chapter of
psychodiagnostics has been enlarged, the scheme of patient’s
medical psychological status, added new tests in doctors’ practice
and their interpretation. There are set questions to control students’
knowledge in the manual.
Real life examples, personal and other doctors’ observations and
experiences help to develop clinical psychological students thinking
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who want to choose as a further profession both medical psychologist,
psychotherapeutics’ and other fields.
In the chapter of psychotherapy and psychopharmacy has
been introduced cognitivebehavioral therapy, Geshtalt therapy,
hypnotherapy, rational psychotherapy themes as well as information
about new drugs and their usage.
We kindly ask you your opinions about this manual and would use it
in future editions.
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