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Somatic symptom disorder (SSD) is a mental health condition that causes people to intently focus on their physical symptoms. This may cause distress or interfere with their daily activities. Other ...

Somatic symptom disorder (SSD) causes extreme anxiety about physical symptoms, which can disrupt your daily life. You can try ...

You may have illness anxiety if you constantly worry about sickness and check yourself for symptoms. With somatic symptom disorder, you'll also have persistent physical health issues you can't explain ...

New DSM-5 creates loose category for those who have disabling somatic symptoms. Feb. 27, 2013— -- Lori Chapo-Kroger was an active intensive care unit nurse, but after a series of mysterious ...

“In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.” As we head into the first full month of spring, as the words of Alfred Tennyson wend their way through the minds of so many young ...

As you can imagine, this type of somatic mimicry can create confusion in regard to what to do: Some people will rush to the emergency room, while others may experience even greater anxiety as they ...

Persistent somatic symptoms are a common feature in many psychiatric disorders. Moderate-to-severe cases often necessitate treatment in specialised inpatient psychiatric settings. This study evaluated ...