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 ...

It will do this in two ways: 1) by encouraging a quick jump to the erroneous conclusion that someone's physical symptoms are 'all in the head'; and 2) by mislabeling as mental disorders what are ...

Somatic symptom disorder (SSD) is a mental health condition that causes obsession over physical symptoms you experience. This condition goes beyond just causing health anxiety. People with SSD ...

Many people living with OCD experience symptoms and compulsions related to their body and body functions. This is referred to as somatic OCD. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic mental ...

Somatic narcissists often focus heavily on appearance and validation. This article explores what the term means, common ...

To describe the destructive effects of intense health anxiety to his young doctors in training at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York City, psychiatrist Brian Fallon likes to quote ...