Psychosomatic Disorders

Psychosomatic disorders or psychophysiologic illnesses involve symptoms that are caused by mental processes of the sufferer rather than immediate physiological causes. If a medical examination can find no physical or organic cause, or if an illness appears to result from emotional conditions such as anger, anxiety, depression or guilt, then it might be classified as psychosomatic.

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Reviewed December 2011

                                                                                                                              

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Title:   Media release. Improving access to insurance for people living with mental illness
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Agreement has been reached between the insurance industry and mental health sector to work together to reduce barriers for people with a mental illness from accessing different types of insurance.
Date:   Sep 2011
Title:   Counselling for mental health and psychosocial problems in primary care
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Many patients in primary care suffer from mental health and psychosocial problems. These problems often involve feelings of sadness, nerves or stress. Many of these problems may be due to personal and social problems or reactions to life events such as ...
Date:   May 2011
Title:   Body dysmorphic disorder
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a mental illness. People who have this illness constantly worry about the way they look. They may think something that isn't there, or that others don't notice, is a serious defect. Treatment includes cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) and antidepressant drugs.
Date:   Dec 2011
Title:   Somatoform disorders (Briquet's syndrome)
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Information on the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of somatoform disorders, a clinical complaint of symptoms made by a patient for which there is no physical exidence of disease. Written by professional health specialists.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   Non-organic pain in childhood
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   It is not uncommon for children to present to general practitioners with pains which the doctor may suspect are principally psychogenic in origin.
Date:   Oct 1999
Title:   Non-organic pain in childhood
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Children often complain of vague pains. Although these pains can sometimes be due to an illness, often there is no clear cause.
Date:   Jan 1999

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