The Mind-Body Interface in Somatization: When Symptom Becomes Disease

The Mind-Body Interface in Somatization addresses the underlying psychological and personality factors predisposing patients to experience somatization and somatizing syndromes. It is directed at the needs of the practicing medical, psychiatric, and psychological clinician.

W. Lynn Smith, PhD, ABPN, was an associate clinical professor of anesthesiology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and for more than forty years specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of somatizing syndromes. He founded and operated the first hospital-based neuropsychological laboratories in the United States, where he did considerable research in personality, chronic pain, and psychosomatics.

Patrick W. Conway, MDiv, has more than thirty years of experience in the fields of pastoral ministry and counseling. He has practiced as a psychotherapist in hospital-based psychiatric settings and is certified in the delivery of Dialectical Behavior Therapy.

Jonathan O. Cole, MD, ABPN, was professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and a Senior Consultant at McLean Psychiatric Hospital (Belmont, Massachusetts).