[Acupuncture in rheumatology. Case contribution].

Results obtained by acupuncture treatment of patients with rheumatic diseases were analysed. Clinical, serological and psychological parameters were evaluated at the beginning and end of treatment. Results showed variations in pain intensity, articular function, inflammation, anxiety and bodily condition.

[Preliminary study on the physician-patient relation in acupuncture].

A preliminary attempt to analyse and interpret the doctor-patient relationship in acupuncture is presented. The study was based on questionnaires completed by doctors and patients and patients' pictures of the acupuncture session. Early data reveal the importance of the doctor's personality and the doctor-patient relationship as well as the influence of the needle as a particular therapeutic medium with magic, symbolic and menacing connotations.

[The physician-patient relationship in the acupuncture treatment of psychosomatic headaches].

Authors take in exame the acupuncture treatment in a group of subjects suffering from periodical cephalalgia about psychosomatic nature. Particular attention comes put considering the importance of relation MD-patient that one fixes in acupuncture, such as to consent a better elaboration about somatic symptom. MD always must be attentive in valutation of meaning about presented disturb and eventual latent message.

[Acupuncture in the treatment of pain in psychiatry and in psychosomatic medicine].

The Authors examine the possibility of using acupuncture in psicogenic pain. Particular attention is given to different problems: 1) a correct use of acupuncture; 2) establish a relation doctor-patient not impersonal or objectival; 3) understanding of the meaning of the simptoms and of the psychological reasons.