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Psychosomatic
"psychosomatic" refers to conditions which involve both body and mind, or when physical symptoms are exacerbated or caused by mental or emotional disturbances. Psychosomatic medicine is a branch of psychiatry devoted to medical science, education, and healthcare for people with comorbid psychiatric and general medical conditions.
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Psychosomatic symptoms are most often appearing as what?
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What is the best way to deal with psychosomatic symptoms? and how to tell if they are psychosomatic in nature?
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After a relapse in psychosomatic because of changing in medicine.Now 5months passed on new medicine but still can't work.will I return good soon?
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Can lightheadedness be psychosomatic?
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How do Psychotherapy deals with psychosomatic?
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Difference between chronic pain disorder and psychosomatic?
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What is the difference between psychogenic and psychosomatic?
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Do psychosomatic disorder cause any damage to the organ that I feel the pain in?
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What do I do to get over a psychosomatic pain?
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Are 4months of psychotherapy enough to start feeling the change in psychosomatic pain & its relapse?
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If you have fear of certain injury/condition, and think about it often and then experience feelings/symptoms of it, is that psychosomatic?
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I have health anxiety and after 4 months of medication my psychosomatic symptoms seemed to mostly go away but they're back for almost a week. why?
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