Methods Somatization-specific behaviour was operationalized as reporting of inexplicable dental symptoms (eg pain), remarkable frequent attendance at a dental surgery, inexplicably high treatment ...

Objectives This study was a first attempt to derive an estimate of the likely incidence of somatization-specific behaviour in a dental setting and its relationship with both somatic symptoms and ...

Somatization is a condition where emotional stressors trigger physical pain without the presence of disease. The new study is published in the October 2005 issue of the American Journal of ...

Somatization, especially after a traumatic event, can be very sudden and startling. But somatization can also be very subtle and, dare I say, mundane.

Somatization may represent the most extreme segment of this immersion spectrum. The focus on one’s bodily symptoms, exacerbated by fear and anxiety, is so severe that the symptoms become not ...

Somatization refers to the expression of psychological or emotional problems as physical (somatic) symptoms. A common example is a headache being brought on by stress. Somatization can give rise ...

Objective To examine relationship between pre-injury somatization and post-injury mental health on concussion recovery among adolescents. Design Retrospective chart review. Setting Multi-disciplinary ...

Psychosocial morbidities are linked to higher levels of gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with irritable bowel syndrome, and specifically, depression and somatization are linked to increased ...

Adults who have suffered childhood trauma exhibit a higher degree of somatization, i.e. mental suffering expressed through physical complaints that may lead them to consulting a physician.

The general prevalence of depression and somatization in patients diagnosed with TMD was estimated at 43% and 60%, respectively. The average overall score for depression was estimated at 0.92, which ...

Psychological factors, particularly anxiety, increased risk for developing infectious gastroenteritis, which in turn increased risk for postinfectious irritable bowel syndrome, according to new ...