11. Cognitive/Emotional Dissociation: A Common Cause of Illness

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Author's Preface vii
3. A Note to the Reader xiii
4. Contents xv
5. Introduction 1
6. PART I. The Need for a Person-Centered Perspective
7. 1. The Limitations of the Medical Model 9
8. 2. "What This Patient Needs Is a Doctor" 31 31
9. 3. The Concept of Disease 45
10. 4. Personal Illness: The Functional Disorders 58
11. 5. Personal Illness: The Concept of Care Determines the Outcome 67
12. 6. Diagnostic Strategies for Unrecognized Personal Illness 81
13. 7. Health Practices, Psychosocial Distress, and Organic Disease 96
14. 8. Psychiatric Disorders: The Medical Model in Perspective 112
15. 9. Psychiatric Disorders: Is Feeling Depressed a Disease? 135
16. 10. Barriers to Person-Centered Care 151
17. PART II. Emotions and Emotional Symptoms
18. 11. Cognitive/Emotional Dissociation: A Common Cause of Illness 163
19. 12. Emotionally Induced Physical Symptoms 179
20. 13. Functional Syndromes: Differential Diagnosis 204
21. PART III. Person-Centered Care
22. 14. Collaboration Begins: The Medical History 257
23. 15. Misunderstandings and Hidden Issues 278
24. 16. Collaboration Continues: First Talks About Persona/Illness 287
25. 17. The Core of the Collaboration: The Personal Interview 301
26. 18. Engaging the Patient 327
27. Literature Cited 339
28. Index 387