In the twilight hours the night before an exam, medical students may have a peculiar experience: they start manifesting the symptoms of the diseases they are studying. As they read their textbooks, ...

Somatic symptom disorder is defined as mental health disorders that are characterized by prominent perceived somatic symptoms which result in distress and impairment to the individual. The Diagnostic ...

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. What ...