Somatic diseases: in psychology, "somatic diseases" isn't a standard term. Instead, there's somatic symptom disorder, where people experience intense distress and dysfunction due to physical symptoms, even if those symptoms have no clear cause. See also Physical/psychic. _____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. |