'''Psihosomatika''' je mejno raziskovalno in terapevtsko področje psihologije/psihiatrije in somatičnih medicinskih vej, zlasti interne medicine<ref>[http://www.mendeley.com/research/borderline-mental-disorders-chronic-diseases-digestive-system-children-adolescents/ Skumin V A Borderline mental disorders in chronic diseases of the digestive system in children and adolescents. Zhurnal nevropatologii i psikhiatrii imeni SS Korsakova Moscow Russia 1952 (1991), Volume: 91, Issue: 8, Pages: 81-84 PubMed: 1661526]</ref><ref>{{cite journal |pmid=6758444 |year=1982 |last1=Skumin |first1=VA |title=Непсихотические нарушения психики у больных с приобретёнными пороками сердца до и после операции (обзор).|language=Russian |trans_title=Nonpsychotic mental disorders in patients with acquired heart defects before and after surgery (review) |volume=82 |issue=11 |pages=130–5 |journal=Zhurnal nevropatologii i psikhiatrii imeni S.S. Korsakova}}</ref>; obravnava predvsem takšne motnje, ki se pojmujejo kot posledica aktualnih ali preteklih emocionalnih konfliktov: ~ obstipacije, ~ omedlevice ...<ref>Slovenski medicinski slovar, Medicinska fakulteta univerze v Ljubljani, ISBN 961-6264-40-0</ref>
