Psychotherapy of psychosomatic disorders effects: 1. Relaxation of the overactivated and stimulation of the deactivated, 2. a shift of the patient's exclusively somatic attribution of the disease to a psychosomatic one, 3. more efficient coping strategies, 4. a break-up of the pattern 'conflict...
bipolar c. psychosomatic d. generalized anxiety Which of the following mental disorders is most effectively treated by cognitive therapy? a. Borderline personality disorder. b. Bipolar disorder. c. Paranoid schizophrenia. d. Depression. Define what characterizes personality disor...
Psychosomatic illnesses: Psychosomatic illnesses are disorders that have physical symptoms that do not arise from a medical disorder. In other words, there is no explanation for the symptoms, so they are presumed to be a manifestation of the psyche. Usually, the symptoms are exaggerated, and the...
Regarding the second paragraph of this article. I object to the wording of this phrase: "without biological cause." Since when are psychiatric disorders considered non-biological? The Cartesian dualism invoked in the "body/mind relationship" is disturbing and only obscures our understanding of somat...
The causes of psychiatric and psychosomatic conditions can be categorized into two groups:proximate and ultimate (evolutionary) causes. Proximate causes comprise genetic factors, epigenetic modulation, childhood trauma and other life events, and senescence. ...
Somatization disorder is one of the somataform disorders, psychosomatic illnesses in which patients experience symptoms of pain and disease that cannot be traced to a medical condition. Commonly, a patient will complain of the same set of symptoms for a long period of time. After extensive medical...
How pain is our body’s way of telling us something is wrong Steps to identify what your pain is telling you and how to respond, and How awareness of the causes of stress can help prevent future psychosomatic pain This post is based on over 30 papers on psychosomatic disorders, stress, ...
(3):psychosomaticdisordersmentaldisorderassociatedwithphysicaldisease,includingliver,lung,heart,kidney,bloodandothervisceraldiseases,endocrinediseases,collagendiseases,nutritionmetabolicdisease,postpartummentaldisordersandperiodicmentaldisease.Allkindsofpsychosomaticdiseases(suchashypertension,coronaryheartdisease,ulcerdisease,br...
What are psychotic disorders? What is one specific diagnosis for anxiety disorder? What are psychosomatic symptoms? What is a bipolar disorder? What is bipolar disorder? What is generalized anxiety disorder? What is an eating disorder? What is a comorbid personality disorder? What is panic disorder...
anxiety disorder- a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom psychosomatic disorder- a mental disorder that causes somatic symptoms aberration- a disorder in one's mental state conversion disorder,conversion hysteria,conversion reaction- a mental disorde...