Somatization
Physical Symptoms and Psychological Illness
C. Bass(Editor)
Blackwell Science Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 21. August 1990
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-0-632-02839-9 (ISBN)
Description
In many instances, both in general hospital and family practice, physical symptoms shown by the patients have an emotional cause. This distress can be caused by the environment, the family or an accident. This phenomenon is known as the somatic manifestation of psychological ill health. These symptoms are frequently thought of as rare and atypical ways for psychiatric illness to present but are, in fact, common and typical. This book describes the diagnosis and clinical management of somatisation dealing with the broad spectrum of presentations, eg: headache, pelvic pain, fatigue, which may have no physical basis.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
17
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 172 mm
Weight
951 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-632-02839-9 (9780632028399)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Classification of the somatoform disorders; Assessment and management of patients with functional somatic symptoms; Somatization in primary care settings; Fatigue and chronic fatigue syndromes; Functional abdominal pain; Functional cardiorespiratory syndromes; Disorders of hysterical conversion; Gynaecological complaints; Chronic pelvic pain in women; Dermatological complaints; Somatization disorder: critique of the concept and suggestions for future research