Perspectives of public health in Bio-Psycho-Social medicine
Psychosomatic medicine, or bio-psycho-social medicine, encompasses all aspects of the interrelationships between the biological, psychological, social, and behavioral factors of health and illness, and is not limited to mind and body connections in humans. Thus, it is meaningful that social aspects of health and illness are discussed in the current issue of this journal. The purpose of this special series in BioPsychoSocial Medicine is to introduce important concepts of social medicine relevant to the research fields of psychosomatic medicine.