Table 3 Visions in psychosomatic medicine for the year 2030 [18]

Research - Basics

 • The basic sciences have all bio-psycho-social relations in a neuroscience perspective examined and origins of infections, immunity, CHD, carcinoma, asthma and other diseases shown.

Research – Health care

 • National and European randomised multi centre studies (RCT’s) with psycho-social interventions are done with all important chronic diseases

 • Their results are integrated in all international/European guidelines according to psycho-social diagnostic and therapeutic aspects

Training for specialists in primary care, internal medicine, psychiatry and others

 • In Europe and all other countries there is a psychosomatic diploma for physicians

 • They have the capability to diagnose psychosomatic diseases and apply different therapeutic techniques, which are necessary for psychosomatic health care

Psychosomatic basic care and specialized care

 • in C/L Psychiatry and Psychosomatics in all European hospitals

 • Standardized out-patient psychosomatic health care in all specialties

Prevention

 • Good and successful strategies of disease prevention and health care