Toward an Integrated Medicine: Classics From Psychosomatic Medicine, 1959-1979, includes 19 seminal, excellent articles published between 1959 and 1979 selected for inclusion here by the American Psychosomatic Society Publications Committee. These articles were chosen based on their merit, importance for the field, and excellent argumentation and because they are a springboard to further research.

This book is a useful reference for graduate students, medical students, residents, and faculty in psychiatry, psychology, behavioral science, and other fields studying mind-body aspects of health and behavior.