title: Reflections on relevance: Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics in 2005.
abstract: This article focuses on the mission and relevance of articles published in Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics in 2005. Four areas of articles relevant to the mission of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics are reviewed: (1) new (psycho-)therapies; (2) cognitive-behavioral therapy; (3) new or newly defined psychopathology, and (4) the impact of or impairment due to various illnesses or treatments. In addition, other clinically important and relevant issues, such as the need for new treatments, suicide during psychotherapy, technological innovations used in psychotherapies and methodology of psychotherapy trials are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Mich., USA. rbalon@wayne.edu
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Balon
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D006801:Humans; D011611:Psychosomatic Medicine / Q000639:trends*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000639:trends*; D011643:Publishing / Q000639:trends*; D013672:Technology / Q000639:trends