Psychosomatic Medicine

Psychosomatic medicine is a newly licensed sub specialty in the field of psychiatry. It is also known as consultation-liaison psychiatry. It provides knowledge, practice and instruction in the relation between mental and physical illness. This field is connected with services like diagnosis, therapeutics and research of disorders in this particular area. Hence it connects psychiatry and other medical specialties, so that psychiatrists can discuss how to manage patients with psychosomatic dysfunction.

• Electroconvulsive therapy
• Hypnosis
• Psychoanalysis
• Group therapy
• Supportive psychotherapy
• Drug abreaction