Civilization syndrome. New diagnosis and new therapeutic approach Review article

Abstract

Although the relationship between the content of stress and serious diseases, such as depression, is not obvious, underlying mechanisms encourage more and more authors to define a civilization syndrome as a link between our modern lifestyle, civilization we live in and psychosomatic disorders. With regard to the civilization syndrome, there are several new ”candidates” waiting for psychiatric research, like burnout syndrome, infertility or solitude. All these phenomena seem to increase epidemically and require urgent conceptual and therapeutic studies.

Using the new stress reduction program, innovative psychotherapeutic approach, engaging also several lifestyle factors, like physiotherapy, nutrition aspects, behavioral coaching, communication and social media contact and multimedia monitoring, most of patients improved in terms of emotional and behavioral markers, in short-, medium-, and long-term follow-up observations. This program interplays between stress and mental health problems and opens up new possibilities for diagnosis and therapy, focusing on the challenges of civilization, and especially opens up preventive options in stress-related diseases, which represent a growing health problem in the modern society.