Psychosomatic medicine and otorhinolaryngology

The article gives a clinically oriented survey of psychosomatic aspects in otorhinolaryngology. After a 50-year history of psychosomatic research in this field, the psychosomatic point of view gives a sufficient approach to a lot of diseases in otorhinolaryngology, especially to numerous and frequent diseases of functional origin, but also to problems of coping and psychosocial support. Different indications to psychoanalytic or behavioral psychotherapeutic treatment are discussed.