psychosomatic
(adjective)
Pertaining to physical diseases or symptoms that have psychological causes.
Examples of psychosomatic in the following topics:
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Consequences of Workplace Stress
- Burnout, depression, and psychosomatic disorders are particularly common outcomes of work-related stress.
- Psychosomatic disorders are a type of psychological disorder.
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Body-Oriented Psychotherapies
- The review of outcome research across different types of body-oriented psychotherapy concludes that the best evidence supports efficacy for treating somatoform/psychosomatic disorders and schizophrenia.
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Levator Ani Injury and Urinary Stress Incontinence
- Proctalgia fugax and levator ani syndrome have not been found to be of psychosomatic origin, although stressful events may trigger attacks