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psychosomatic disorder

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psychosomatic disorder

Bodily ailment or symptom, caused by mental or emotional disturbance, in which psychological stresses adversely affect physiological (somatic) functioning to the point of distress. Psychosomatic disorders may include hypertension, respiratory ailments, gastrointestinal disturbances, migraine and tension headaches, sexual dysfunctions, and dermatitis. Many patients with psychosomatic conditions respond to a combination of drug therapy and psychotherapy. See also hypochondriasis.


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We smile at this quaint belief, while using the Greek word for womb to refer to the psychosomatic disorder of "hysteria.
Too often dyspepsia has been dismissed as a psychosomatic disorder.
 
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