Higher intake of β-carotene, a marker of fruit and vegetable consumption, is linked to lower anxiety, fewer psychosomatic symptoms, and better quality of life in Swedish adolescents. No ...

Somatization is defined as the tendency to experience psychological distress in the form of physical symptoms.

Anxiety can cause chest pain, mimicking heart attack symptoms. Common signs include sharp, stabbing pain during stress, pain that changes with movement, and short duration without other heart symptoms ...

Although psychosomatic medicine is regarded as a branch of psychiatry in many countries, some of its diagnostic concepts are not fully encompassed by mainstream psychiatric diagnostic systems. When ...

The actual meaning of the word psychosomatic has to do with “physical symptoms that occur for psychological reasons.” This doesn’t mean that those symptoms aren’t real.

Patients with chest pain but without angiographic signs of abnormal coronary arteries were more likely to suffer from psychological symptoms of anxiety, somatoform disorder, and hypochondria than ...

Clear link between perceived stress and an increased incidence of psychosomatic symptoms Date: June 3, 2013 Source: University of Gothenburg Summary: In four out of ten cases, long-term stress ...

Anxiety can result from a patient's disposition and from environmental stimuli such as the internet. Because anxiety can worsen compliance and outcomes, clinicians should work to counteract it.

Havana syndrome has spread to government officials around the world and stumped doctors for years. Despite news of mysterious attacks, evidence suggests mass psychogenic illness may be the true cause.

Trauma Psychosomatic Symptoms How emotional trauma often manifests as physical symptoms. Posted March 4, 2010 | Reviewed by Jessica Schrader "Maybe this is all from anxiety." "You think?

Among those women who reported stress, 40 percent had psychosomatic symptoms in the form of aches and pain in their muscles and joints, 28 percent suffered from headaches or migraines, and the ...