Psychosomatics: Children. Complete Course for Psychologists and Parents

The book by the famous psychotherapist Gennady Vladimirovich Starshenbaum is the most accessible, concise, and yet comprehensive guide for parents of children with psychosomatic disorders. In this book, you will find everything you need for identifying, diagnosing, and treating diseases that develop in children and adolescents due to nervous tension. Gennady Vladimirovich Starshenbaum is a recognized expert in the field of psychosomatic diseases, and his book is an indispensable assistant in psychotherapy for doctors, patients, and their relatives. G. V. Starshenbaum's book "Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy" has gone through eight editions.
This guide is based on the latest scientific data as well as the author's practical experience as a top-category psychotherapist and professor at the Moscow Institute of Psychoanalysis.
The undeniable advantages of this book include reliable diagnostic tests adapted for Russian children; clear clinical pictures of disorders; dietary recommendations for parents and therapeutic exercises; numerous psychocorrection games and herbal remedies; as well as a glossary of terms.
The proposed guide will undoubtedly become a staple for parents of children suffering from psychosomatic disorders. The book will also be useful for specialists working with such children. It can help adolescents understand the psychological foundations of their disorders and assist in self-help work coordinated with a specialist.

According to experts from the World Health Organization, half of all diseases are psychosomatic, and patients need not so much medication as psychotherapy. Patients themselves consider psychological problems a result of poor well-being and do not seek out psychotherapy. Medical examinations do not reveal any significant deviations from the norm. However, human suffering is genuine, whether it can be explained medically or not.
Psychosomatic disorders (PSD) develop under the influence of unprocessed emotions that we have not expressed but have kept inside. This is primarily a secret feeling of one's own inadequacy, a subconscious expectation of an unpleasant consequence from a thoughtless act, hidden experiences of failures and losses. Sorrow that has not been cried out makes other organs "cry".
Psychosomatic disorders, in a broad sense, include:
• many disorders of nutrition and digestion, respiration, and circulation;
• skin and genitourinary diseases;
• sensory and movement disorders;
• thyrotoxicosis and diabetes;
• psychosexual disorders.

Under the influence of negative emotions that are never fully released, blood pressure increases. The reactions of blood vessels to repressed emotional tension play an important role in the development of headaches and spasms of coronary vessels. Chronically elevated muscle tension caused by suppressed aggressive impulses becomes a pathogenic factor in rheumatoid arthritis. The impact of this mechanism on metabolism can be observed in thyrotoxicosis and diabetes. In all of these examples, certain phases of autonomic preparation for fight or flight are chronically delayed due to the underlying motivational forces being neurotically suppressed and not released in appropriate action.
Psychosomatic disorders affect not only adults but also children. The difficulty is that parents may not always understand that their child's illnesses are related to stress. Therefore, when a pattern is identified, it is necessary to consult a specialist.

The book is hardcover.
It is not a textbook on medicine. All recommendations should be coordinated with the attending physician.