Part 1. Stress

Stress, vulnerability and resilience

Measurement of stress

Stress and neuroendocrine function

Stress, emotion and immunity

Stress and illness

Stress and accident: interventions for accidental injuries

Cognitive-behavioral approach to stress

Part 2. Somatization

Changing concept of disorders with somatic symptoms in psychiatry

Biological mechanisms of somatization

Psychosociocultural mechanisms of somatization

Interview techniques for somatizing patients

General management of somatization

Approach to somatic symptom and related disorders

Approach to chronic pain

Part 3. Specific physical disorders

Approach to depression in brain diseases: stroke, parkinsonism and dementia

Approach to depression in the medically ill

Approach to anxiety in the medically ill

Cognitive behavioral therapy for individuals at risk of coronary heart disease

Therapeutic approach to cardiovascular diseases

Approach to stress and mental disorders in patients with diabetes

Approach to functional dyspepsia

Approach to functional bowel disorders

Therapeutic approach for cancer patients

Approach to specific cancers

Part 4. Religion, Spirituality, and Psychosomatic medicine

The role of religion and spirituality in health and illness

Practical application of spirituality in terminally ill patients

Kyung Bong Koh, M.D., Ph.D. is a professor emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry at Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. He is the author of Stress and Psychosomatic Medicine and has contributed chapters to several textbooks. He is the editor of the book entitled "Somatization and Psychosomatic Symptoms" mainly based on presentations at the 21st World Congress on Psychosomatic Medicine held in Seoul, Korea in 2011. His many published articles concentrate primarily on psychosomatic medicine, psychoneuroimmunology, somatization, and stress. He has developed a number of psychological instruments, including the Stress Response Inventory (SRI). He has received three academic awards for his distinguished research on the relationship between anger and somatization, immunology in anxiety disorders, and neural activity in panic disorder and somatoform disorder from the Korean Neuropsychiatric Association. In addition, he was awarded Hanmi Prize of the Most Honorable Medical Doctor in 2013 for his contribution to the development of psychosomatic medicine in Korea. He played a leading role in founding and also served as president of the Korean Society of Psychosomatic Medicine. He worked as chair of the Scientific Committee of the Society and was the first editor-in-chief of the Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine. In addition, he served as chairperson of the organizing committee of the international academic meetings, such as the 13th Asian College of Psychosomatic Medicine and the 21st World Congress on Psychosomatic Medicine held in Seoul, Korea. He is on the editorial board of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.​ Now he serves as president-elect of the International College of Psychosomatic Medicine (ICPM).