Psychosomatic disorder is an illness that connects the mind and body. This occurs in such a way that the physiological functioning of the body is affected by the psychological tensions that either ...

Pauline, 25, had been admitted to the hospital with pain and swelling in her leg that no amount of morphine could quiet—her third admission for the same complaint. She had been in and out of hospitals ...

Psychosomatic medicine (PM) is a newly licensed subspecialty in the field of psychiatry; it is also known as consultation-liaison (C-L) psychiatry. C-L psychiatry provides knowledge, practice, and ...

University of Pittsburgh neuroscientist Peter L. Strick, PhD, and colleagues recently published a study [1] in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences tracing the neural circuitry connecting ...

'I told you I was sick'—a headstone also made famous by Spike Milligan(Cali4beach; Flickr.com/CC/BY/2.0) 'I think I've probably thought I had cancer in nearly every ...

There are few things scarier than getting sick. It makes us feel so vulnerable. We’re at the mercy of our bodies and, often, the only respite we receive is whatever treatment or advice we can get from ...

A 'chasm of misunderstanding and miscommunication' is often experienced between clinicians and patients, leading to autoimmune diseases such as lupus and vasculitis being wrongly diagnosed as ...

MONDAY, March 3, 2025 -- A patient with multiple autoimmune diseases can remember the exact moment a doctor tore their heart out. “One doctor told me I was making myself feel pain, and I still can’t ...

A "chasm of misunderstanding and miscommunication" is often experienced between clinicians and patients, leading to ...

In a recent commentary in the Lancet, Chloe Saunders and colleagues made a compelling point: “We suggest it is time to break taboos based on a dualistic understanding of physical versus mental illness ...