New DSM-5 creates loose category for those who have disabling somatic symptoms. Feb. 27, 2013— -- Lori Chapo-Kroger was an active intensive care unit nurse, but after a series of mysterious ...

Persistent somatic symptoms are a common feature in many psychiatric disorders. Moderate-to-severe cases often necessitate ...

Every doctor encounters patients who complain of symptoms without identifiable physical causes. According to a recent review in The Lancet, one third of all symptoms lack somatic explanations. How can ...

May 8, 2009 — Women with suspected myocardial ischemia who also have somatic depressive symptoms are likely to have worse outcomes than women without depression. However, those with cardiovascular ...

Should Your Response to Pain Be Considered “Abnormal”? Somatic symptom disorder and the DSM-5 The new category of “somatic symptom disorder” created for the DSM-5 evaluates the coping abilities of ...

PMS is characterized by physical (somatic) and psychological symptoms and affects, on average, 48% of women of reproductive age. Common psychological symptoms include irritability, depressed mood and ...

A study in Japan found that the associations between inflammation markers and psychological symptoms such as depression, ...

Dr. Ibrahim Mohammed is a clinical psychologist and researcher specializing in trauma, somatic symptoms, and psychopathology ...

As you can imagine, this type of somatic mimicry can create confusion in regard to what to do: Some people will rush to the emergency room, while others may experience even greater anxiety as they ...

I’d heard that somatic exercise can be helpful for “this time of life” but honestly, I didn’t even know what “somatic” meant. Natalie Kuhn, co-CEO and founding teacher at The Class, filled me in. In ...