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Published in: BioPsychoSocial Medicine 1/2017

Open Access 01-12-2017 | Editorial

Somatic manifestation of distress: clinical medicine, psychological, and public health perspectives

Author: Mutsuhiro Nakao

Published in: BioPsychoSocial Medicine | Issue 1/2017

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Somatic complaints are often related to chronic stress-related illnesses, but the diagnoses are not obvious in all cases. In some cases, patients could be classified with functional somatic syndromes. These syndromes are defined as several related disease-conditions that are characterized more by symptoms, suffering, and disability than by structural or functional abnormalities [1]. Functional somatic syndromes typically include irritable bowel syndrome, tension type headache, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, and some types of menstruation-related problems, all of which are frequently observed in psychosomatic medicine clinics. In addition, somatic complaints that are not fully explained by a medical condition could be diagnosed as somatic symptom disorders from a psychiatric perspective. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, the symptoms must cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other areas of functioning [2]. …
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Metadata
Title
Somatic manifestation of distress: clinical medicine, psychological, and public health perspectives
Author
Mutsuhiro Nakao
Publication date
01-12-2017
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BioPsychoSocial Medicine / Issue 1/2017
Electronic ISSN: 1751-0759
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13030-017-0119-3

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