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General concept of somatization
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The phenomenon of expression of psychological or emotional distress in the form of bodily symptoms is termed somatization. The concept has come a long way from the Hippocratic ‘hysteria’ to the diagnostic category of disorders of bodily distress and bodily experience in the International Classification of Diseases, eleventh revision (ICD-11). Various models have been proposed to explain these apparently ‘unexplainable’ physical complaints, which account for a significant burden on healthcare services. This chapter tries to provide an overview of the concept of somatization, from its psychodynamic origins, cognitive models, and neurobiological correlates. An attempt is also made to synthesize these seemingly disparate concepts into an understandable correlated mechanism, underlying the phenomenon of somatization.
Title: General concept of somatization
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Abstract
The phenomenon of expression of psychological or emotional distress in the form of bodily symptoms is termed somatization.
The concept has come a long way from the Hippocratic ‘hysteria’ to the diagnostic category of disorders of bodily distress and bodily experience in the International Classification of Diseases, eleventh revision (ICD-11).
Various models have been proposed to explain these apparently ‘unexplainable’ physical complaints, which account for a significant burden on healthcare services.
This chapter tries to provide an overview of the concept of somatization, from its psychodynamic origins, cognitive models, and neurobiological correlates.
An attempt is also made to synthesize these seemingly disparate concepts into an understandable correlated mechanism, underlying the phenomenon of somatization.
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