Recognizing and Treating Psychophysiologic Disorders

In this episode, Dr. David Hanscom continues his discussion with Dr. David Clarke, the President of the Psychophysiologic Disorders Association. He founded the organization in 2011 to provide education to physicians and patients about the nature, diagnosis and treatment of psychophsiologic disorders. He shares advances being made in the field and his hope to eliminate traditional medicine’s assumption that if there are no structural abnormality, there is no medical issue.  For more information, visit https://ppdassociation.org.

David D. Clarke, MD is President of the Psychophysiologic Disorders Association. He is also Assistant Director at the Center for Ethics and Clinical Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology Emeritus both at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in Portland, Oregon, USA.  He teaches graduate courses on Psychophysiologic Medicine at Arizona State University and at the Cummings Graduate Institute. His book for patients, They Can’t Find Anything Wrong! He is board-certified in Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine and has diagnosed and treated over 7,000 patients whose symptoms were not explained by diagnostic testing.