title: [Psychosomatics in rheumatology].
abstract: Psychosocial factors influence the course and the outcome of chronic somatic diseases. This is also valid for rheumatic diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthropathies, systemic collagen vascular diseases, and fibromyalgia syndrome. The article summarises the evidence-based findings and it illustrates possibilities of psychosomatic treatment in rheumatic diseases by means of three case reports.
authors.affiliation: Sektion Integrierte Psychosomatik des Bewegungssystems der Medizinischen Universitätsklinik, Bergheimerstrasse 58, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany. wolfgang.eich@med.uni-heidelberg.de
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Eich
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Blumenstiel
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lensche
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fiehn
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bieber
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011584:Psychology / Q000379:methods; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome