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   Somatization
   Somatization is currently defined as "a tendency to experience and communicate somatic distress in response to psychosocial stress and to seek medical help for it". This can be, but not always, related to a psychological condition: The American Psychiatric Association (APA) has classified somatofor...
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   Somatization
   Somatization: The process by which psychologic distress is expressed as physical symptoms. Somatization is an unconscious process. In somatization, mental experiences or states are 'converted' to bodily symptoms. A tension headache is an example: tension is converted to a headache. Somatization is a...
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   somatization
   The process by which psychological needs are expressed in physical symptoms; e.g., the expression or conversion into physical symtoms of anxiety, or a wish for material gain associated with a legal action following and injury, or a related psychological need. ... See: somatization disorder. ... (05 ...
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   somatization
   (so″mә-tĭ-za´shәn) in psychiatry, the conversion of mental experiences or states into bodily symptoms.
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   somatization
   Type: Term Pronunciation: sō′ma-ti-zā′shŭn Definitions: 1. The process by which psychological needs are expressed in physical symptoms; the expression or conversion into physical symptoms of anxiety, or a wish for material gain associated with a legal action following an i...
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