look up psychosomatic disease. it has to do mainly with illness and mental bad structure.
Symptoms of psychosomatic illness still cause pain and discomfort and should be treated. It does not matter how a condition formed, it still requires treatment.
J. A. Winter has written: 'Origins of illness and anxiety' -- subject(s): Causes and theories of causation, Diseases, Psychosomatic Medicine 'Are your troubles psychosomatic?'
A physician typically administers a psychosomatic test to determine if the illness or symptoms described are physical or mental in nature. However, there are different books available in the library and online that can be helpful.
Z. J. Lipowski has written: 'Psychosomatic medicine and liaison psychiatry' -- subject(s): Psychiatric consultation, Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine, Referral and Consultation 'Psychosocial aspects of physical illness' -- subject(s): Psychology, Psychosomatic Medicine, Sick
If RA means rheumatoid arthritis, it is a disease, as it is currently believed to be an autoimmune reaction against the cartilage of the joints. An illness is generally associated with an infection of some sort.
No, psychosomatic illnesses are real physical symptoms that are influenced by psychological factors. These conditions can manifest as a result of an individual's mental state, emotions, and stress levels impacting their physical health. Treatment often involves addressing both the psychological and physical components of the illness.
A hypochondriac is a person who believes that he or she has illness that he or she doesn't actually have (or more commonly, has illnesses but exaggerates their severity); a psychosomatic illness is an actual illness of the body that has a mental cause (a person who truly considers himself or herself to be sick can easily develop actual symptoms of that imagined disease) and malingering involves lying about one's health in order to have an excuse for not doing work that one should be doing. So, all of these things involve some form of illness, whether claimed, imagined, or actually experienced, that arises from the mind, rather than from a more usual cause such as an infection, etc.
The meaning of the word psychosomatic implies
Psychosomatic Medicine - journal - was created in 1939.
Journal of Psychosomatic Research was created in 1956.
John Hazen Nodine has written: 'Psychosomatic medicine' -- subject(s): Psychosomatic Medicine, Congresses, Medicine, Psychosomatic