This is the web site for Psychosomatic Medicine in Japan, centered on the theme of “The Dialogue Between Mind and Body.”
RESEARCH
OVERVIEW of Our Research
PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE is a field of medicine founded on the concept of the mind–body relationship, or mind–body interaction. It is closely connected not only with somatic medicine and psychiatry, but also with clinical psychology. It provides an essential foundation for psychosomatic medicine as a clinical specialty and for understanding psychosomatic disorders.
Our research focuses on the relationship between mind and body as its central theme. With particular emphasis on stress, which plays an important role in health and disease in modern society, we investigate emotions, interoception, stress responses and adaptation, and the mechanisms underlying stress-related disorders.
We also study how psychological changes are accompanied by changes in bodily states, and how various processes emerge when such physiological information is objectively measured and fed back to the individual. By making these mind–body changes “visible,” we aim to clarify the relationships between subjective experiences and objective physiological changes.
Research THEMES
■ Emotion,Interoception and Allostasis
■ Stress and Health: Mechanisms of the Stress Response and Adaptation
■ Stress-Related Disorders and Functional Somatic Syndromes
■ Biofeedback: Visualizing the Mind–Body Connection
Research ARTICLES
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PERSPECTIVE ARTICLES
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