Wakes of the Doctors Who Started Studying Psychosomatic Medicine at the Beginning of a New Era ‘Heisei’
Psychosomatic Medicine in Community Medicine
2023 Volume 63 Issue 2 Pages 132-137
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2023 Volume 63 Issue 2 Pages 132-137
From 1990 to 1991, Saku Central Hospital, my employer, sent me to enroll as a research student at the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine in Kyushu University. Saku Central Hospital is known for its practice of community medicine.
Since returning to the hospital, I have been providing medical treatment in the department of psychosomatic medicine and psychiatry and also fulfilling hospital management responsibilities. In this article, I look back at what I learned at Kyushu University and discuss some of the ideas of Toshikazu Wakatsuki, who introduced community medicine at Saku Central Hospital. I would like to express my personal opinions on community medicine and psychosomatic medicine. I believe that medical care is essentially psychosomatic medicine. As specialization progresses, an understanding of psychosomatic medicine, which unbiasedly examines both physical and mental aspects, should be adopted in all clinical departments. Community medicine captures the patient’s condition from a broader perspective that includes their family, their life, and the community they live in. In the wake of a major turning point in human history, medical professionals must pursue expertise in diagnosing and treating diseases, while simultaneously looking at health and diseases from a broader social perspective.
