title: [Suffering and disease between body and mind: perspectives on the diagnosis for medical and psychological clinical work in situations of organic diseases].
abstract: This article shows the evolution of the main perspectives of diagnostic and classificatory systems used in psychopathology to describe and understand the mental suffering in situations of physical disease. Increasing consideration is given to psychological factors that modulate the vulnerability, the course, and possibly the prognosis of organic disorders.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biomediche, Sezione di Psicologia, Facoltà di Medicina, Università di Milano.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Veneroni
authors.forename: Cesare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Albasi
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferrari
authors.forename: Carlo Alfredo
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Clerici
mesh_terms: D004194:Disease / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D019222:Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology