How to define and manage somatic disorders?

by time news

2023-12-14 07:00:03

When stress, emotions, anxiety or even psychological suffering transform into physical symptoms, we speak of somatization. Unverbalized psychological suffering can thus resurface. An unconscious mechanism, somatization affects a large number of people. Thus, approximately 10% of the population is or has been affected by somatization.

Around 10% of the population is or has been affected by somatization. © Getty Images – Delmaine Donson

What is a somatic or psychosomatic disorder? Can we have a predisposition to develop symptoms of somatic disorder? What treatment can we offer to patients who suffer from it?

Dr Aurélien Benoilid, neurologist, qualified in brief therapies and hypnosis. Founder of Centre Ellipse in Strasbourg, a center specializing in the management of chronic pain and psychosomatic manifestations. Author of No, it’s not just in your head, published by Marabout

Watch the entire show here: Somatization: what if it wasn’t just in your head?

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