[Results of psychosomatic research and their use in gynecology]

Several more recent research results in psychosomatic obstetrics and gynecology will be presented, and directions for the practice will be given. In conclusion, it will be discussed how, for the realization of psychosomatic concepts, 'old-fashioned thinking' with biased, monocausal, scientific approaches is unproductive. This concerns, in particular, university gynecological hospitals where psychosomatic thinking is only very hesitantly accepted. The goal is, therefore, to promote a new thinking process, which incorporates an increased consideration of reference points like sensibility, flexibility and creativity.