Show Your Health Mind Emotion Physical He Health alth Show Definite Relationship By James W. W Barton M. M D D. D One of the mistakes physicians believe they have been making is allowing the specialization in medicine to cause them to to tos refer cases I s specialists p pee e c i a lists in various arious branches j before beCore they have f r done lone all they can canor for or the patient t i from rom the general generals e J s standpoint t a nd p of t. t both joth mental and physical health L. L I have in mind p part parti a r t i a Dr Barton physician sending a patient to a psychiatrist or mental specialist before he has investigated the physical condition thoroughly and also placed this physical condition against what he knows of the patients patient's patients patient's patients patient's pa pa- tient's personality and background back back- ground By not spending more time ime on the personality and background background background back back- ground of the patient he fails falls to have lave the patient open up fully to him lim Discussions Differ Differ- In the Journal of the American Ameri Amen can Medical Dr Edward Weiss Philadelphia states I 1 speak as a practitioner of medicine and not as a psychiatrist and that thatis is s a different matter When a patient comes to a psychiatrist he ic comes prepared to discuss his emotional problems but when he hc consults a a general physician he lie heis hes lieis is s almost always looking for a physical cause for his trouble Most physicians state that at least half the patients who consult consult consult con con- sult them have no organic disease to o account for their symptoms But the symptoms are present and there must be a cause Dr Weiss states that in at least third one of all patients who consult a physician physician physician cian no bodily disease can be found to account for the illness In n another third one-third the symptoms symptoms toms are not explained by or are arc out of proportion to any organic disease that tha t can be discovered Definite tc Up Tie-Up It is in these cases that there seems to be a definite relationship relationship relation relation- ship between the emotional life and the physical disease It is in these cases that the old family physician of former days helped his cases to recover by helping to straighten strai out their emotional problems As stated before medical schools today are trying to teach even year first-year students students- how the mind and emotions affect the organs organs or or- gans and body processes However However How How- ever it is up to the patient to tell tel the physician about anything on his mind that may be affecting his lis appetite rest and general health Mind and body are one Neurosis Neurosis Neurosis believing believing you have a physIcal ailment when none exists is is becoming increasingly com com- non mono Send today for Dr Bartons Barton's informative booklet on this subject sub sub- jeet entitled Neurosis To ob ob- tam Lain tain it just send lOc and a stamp to cover cost of handling and mailing to Dr Barton care of the Salt Lake Tribune Telegram Home Service bureau Salt Lake City 10 Utah and ask fo for your copy Released by Bell Bel Syn Syndicate Inc |