There are few things scarier than getting sick. It makes us feel so vulnerable. We’re at the mercy of our bodies and, often, the only respite we receive is whatever treatment or advice we can get from ...

In a recent commentary in the Lancet, Chloe Saunders and colleagues made a compelling point: “We suggest it is time to break taboos based on a dualistic understanding of physical versus mental illness ...

CURRENT medical literature is marked by the number of articles on psychosomatic medicine. Although this is an indication of a healthy interest in the relation between psychic and somatic factors, ...

In May 1951, a 35-year-old Boston woman who had been treated for years for ulcerative colitis and a variety of mental disorders — with little success — entered the Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Mass., ...