Ontopsychological approach to Psychosomatics: A view on women's issues
V.V. Odintsova

Published: Preventive and Clinical Medicine, № 2 Volume II (39), 2011
In the past there was a tendency to look for a linear relationship between cause and disease (as was postulated by Koch in 1882), now multifactorial nature of most diseases with typical risk factors is considered, the biopsychosocial model. Gender differences related to both biological (e.g., hormonal) or psychological (social roles, especially socialization) differences determine the specificity of women's psychosomatic diseases (Kaplan, Sedok, 1998).