Illness as a lifestyle. The role of somatization in medical practice.
Persons with psychological problems who translate their distress into somatic symptoms (somatize) are frequent users of medical care. These patients often have underlying depression, anxiety, obsessive--compulsive symptoms, or personality disorders. Descriptions of the somatizing syndromes are provided in association with recommendations as how to recognize and manage the patient with somatization.
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Department of Psychiatry, University of Alabama, School of Medicine, Birmingham.
D003291:Conversion Disorder; D005162:Factitious Disorders; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006300:Health Services Misuse; D006801:Humans; D008306:Malingering; D012803:Sick Role; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000191:economics