Somatic symptom disorder (SSD) is a mental disorder in which a person has excessive thoughts and behaviors about physical symptoms—such as pain or fatigue—which may or may not have a medical ...

I am an integrative somatic therapist, who works with adults, teens, and couples. Are you feeling disconnected from your body, partner(s), family, or sense of self? Are you wanting to respond to ...

Although an exact evaluation of the pathophysiological pathways is beyond the scope of the present study, we assume three major possible explanations for underlying mechanisms that may lead to an ...

Health anxiety, which is characterised by excessive worrying about illness, is a real condition that can — somewhat ironically — make you sick. But it's also treatable.

Background Patients in chronic somatic diseases are often accompanied with depression and anxiety, remission of which may be observed in the third or fourth week after applying common ...