The Practice Manual: Evaluation of Body Experience with the Body Image List

Better understanding body experience is crucial for the diagnosis and treatment of many mental and physical disorders. This is particularly true for the significant group of somatoform disorders, which is important for both general practitioners and psychiatrists, as well as for a wide range of medical and psychiatric conditions where psychosomatic or psychotherapeutic treatment is indicated. At the same time, the relationship to one's own body, the joy of one's own physicality, physical interaction with others, etc., are often overlooked in clinical practice. There are good reasons for this: - Body experience is difficult for many people to articulate. - It is also challenging to capture in research because it is very subjective and therefore hard to objectify. Professor Kü.