Psychosomatic disorders

**Psychosomatic illness**
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A psychosomatic disorder or psychosomatic illness is a condition whose symptoms are at least in part caused by mental processes of the sufferer rather than immediate physiological causes. If a medical examination can find no physical or organic cause, if an illness appears to result from emotional or cognitive process such as anger, anxiety, depression and guilt then it might be classified psychosomatic. Psychosomatic medicine is the branch of medicine specializing in these conditions.

List of psychosomatic disorders

At various times a broad range of conditions have been regarded as being psychosomatic disorders. By systems involved, these include:

Skin disorders

Acne

Muscoskeletal disorders

Respiratory disorders

Asthma

Cardiovascular disorders

Genitourinary disorders

Endocrine disorders

Causes

These conditions have been investigated in terms of:

Their relationship to personality variables
Their response to psychological stress of varying kinds
Their relationship to lifestyle factors
The impact of psychological factors upon the physical processes known to be associated with the conditions (eg allergies).

External links

Mind-Body Medicine: An Overview, US National Institutes of Health, Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Psychosomatic Medicine
Mindbody Medicine
American Psychosomatic Society
University of Michigan
NIH
University of Iowa

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