On the Treatment of Adolescents : The Present Status and Future Prospect(An Overview of Paychosomatic Medicine for 21 at Century-On Treatment)

Abstract

Today complicated paychological, social and environmental factors factors are pressing down adolescents causing abnormal conditions. The author has been taking active part in the treatment of adolescents and learned that many of them who manifest behavior problems such as school refusal bullying violence in the family and delinquency, etc, are shut out of the present society which is full of distortion. Therefore, for their treatment, it is of vital importance to turn the children's social environment into warmer and more accepting one. For the prospect of the paychosomatic approcach to adolescents toward the 21st Century, the following points need to be considered. 1. It is indispensable to seek after the value of paychosomatic medicine as social medicine. 2. Holistic care needs to be provided by facilitating cooperation in the community and from people in every walk of life surrouding children. 3. A tram approach including doctors, social workers and public nurses is important. In addition, cooperation of medical specialists with parents and teachers will have added significance. 4. It is important to put into practice holistic medicine in the form of the patient's rehabilitation, prevention of illness and the individual's health management in addition to diagnosis and treatment of illness proper.