Many readers will likely question the author's choice of title for this book as the concept of a mind/body interface and the term “psychosomatic” suggest a reversion to the dualism inherent in Freud's notion of the mysterious leap from mind to body. The idea of mind and body as separate entities that interact or communicate across a common boundary contrasts with the more widely held conceptualization of mind and body as two distinct but integrated aspects of the human organism, a psychobiologic unit interacting with the environment. The term “psychosomatic” is controversial and has been challenged for several decades,