Back جسدنة Arabic Соматизация Bulgarian Somatització Catalan Somatizace Czech جسمانیسازی Persian Somatisation French סומטיזציה HE Somatizacija Croatian Somatisasi ID Somatizzazione Italian
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Somatization is the generation of somatic symptoms due to psychological distress, often coinciding with a tendency to seek medical help for them.[1][2] The term somatization was introduced by Wilhelm Stekel in 1924.[3]
Somatization is a worldwide phenomenon,[4] with chronic cases being classified as somatic symptom disorder.[5]
- ^ Lipowski ZJ (1988). "Somatization: the concept and its clinical application". Am J Psychiatry. 145 (11): 1358–68. doi:10.1176/ajp.145.11.1358. PMID 3056044.
- ^ Adriana Feder, M.D. Somatization
- ^ R. L. Woolfolk/L. A. Allen, Treating Somatization (2006) p. 5
- ^ P. S. Sutker/H. E. Adams, Comprehensive Handbook of Psychopathology (2001) p. 217
- ^ Woolfolk/Allen, pp. 14–5