Gynecologists cannot fulfill the commitments of their profession without being psychosomatically oriented. Nevertheless, this field needs methodology and scientific thinking just as does any other subspeciality in clinical medicine. Although practiced by all gyne cologists, creative work is needed in order to develop the various aspects properly and to establish postgraduate training on a firm and sound basis. For this purpuse the European Symposia have been planned by several European Researchers on Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology in order to stimulate and integrate clinical scientific data and therapeutic skills in the bio-psycho-social field of obstetrics and gynecology. The first European Symposium in Leuven 1985 concentrated on the psychosomatic aspects of infertility and high risk pregnancies. This second European Symposium in Bad Sackingen centered around disturbed body perception, disturbances of the menstrual cycle, climacteric syndrome, and senium. These topics were elaborated in main lectures and workshops held by outstanding researchers in this rapidly expanding field. The second European Symposium on Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology was organized by the German Society of Psycho somatic Obstetrics and Gynecology, supported by the University Hospital Freiburg/Br., the University Hospital Basel, and the Women's District Hospital in Bad Sackingen.

Disturbed Body Perception

Gynecologic Oncology
Psychologic Morbidity in Survivors of Gynecologic Cancer
Tumor Stage, Quality of Life, and Coping in Breast Cancer Patients
Coping Strategies in Breast Cancer Patients: Are They Related to Patients' Concepts About the Etiology?
Postmastectomy Depression: Role of Self-esteem
Modified Mastectomy and Body Image
How Can the Gynecologist Help the Cancer Patient in Restoring Her Disturbed Body Image?
Plastic Surgery
Plastic Surgery and Body Image
Breast Reconstruction and Body Image: Psychotherapeutic Aspects
Psychiatric Diagnosis, Personality Structures, and Psychodynamics in Women with the Desire for Plastic Surgery
Postpartum Period
Change of Body Image After Childbirth
Postpartum Psychiatric Admissions
Hysterectomy
Psychosocial Aspects of Hysterectomy
Body Image After Hysterectomy: Time is Honey
Chronic Pelvic Pain
Idiopathic Pelvic Pain, Depression and Body Image
Psychosomatic-Psychotherapeutic Approach to Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women
Chronic Pelvic Pain and Sexuality in Women
Miction Disorders
Body Image and Sexuality in Urinary Incontinence
Hirsutism
Psychoendocrinological Findings in Patients with Hirsutism
Transsexuality
On the Wish to Become an "Admired" Child: Psychoanalytical Aspects of Man-to-Woman Transsexuality
Borderline Patients
Disturbed Body Image and Desire for Self-Damage: Development of Adolescent Female Patients with an Artifact Syndrome
Disturbed Body Image of a Borderline Patient: Case History with Pictures
Disturbances of the Menstrual Cycle
The Anorectic Woman
The Anorectic Woman: Abnormal Body Experience and Adolescence
Secondary Amenorrhea Syndrome
Secondary Amenorrhea Syndrome - Diagnosis and Psychosomatic Treatment.-Secondary Amenorrhea and Loss of Weight
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Psychological Studies in the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Hyperprolactinemia
Psychological Findings in Hyperprolactinemia: A Critical Review
Premenstrual Syndrome
Premenstrual Tension: A Review of Psychological and Endocrinological Studies
Systems Analysis of the Histories of 50 Women with Severe Premenstrual Syndrome and 40 Comparison Women
Dysmenorrhea
Primary Dysmenorrhea in a Learning-Theoretical Perspective
Psychosomatic Aspects of Dysmenorrhea
Metromenorrhagia
Woman, Life, and Blood: Psychosomatic Bleeding
Climacteric Syndrome and Senium
Biological Aspects of Menopause and Senium
Men and Women Between the Ages of 40 and 60 Years: Sociopsychosomatic Aspects
Treatment and Guidance of the Climacteric Woman
Women's Reaction to the Menopause
Psychosomatic Urology in the Climacteric
Sexuality in Old Age.