BACKGROUND Previous studies have shown that the practice of yoga reduces perceived stress and negative feelings and that it improves psychological symptoms. Our previous study also suggested that long-term yoga training improves stress-related psychological symptoms such as anxiety and anger. However, little is known about the beneficial effects of yoga practice on somatization, the most common...

I n this month's In Review section, all the contributors—Dr François Mai (1), Dr Laurence Kirmayer and colleagues (2), and I—wrestle with the seemingly intractable and endlessly interesting topic of body–mind relations. In the first review article, Dr Mai lays out the justification for a diagnostic category of somatization disorder. He recognizes that the standard monistic approach that accepts...

Objective. This study investigates the relationship between the current diagnostic formulation of PTSD and the symptoms of dissociation, affect dysregulation and somatization. Over the past century, these symptoms consistently have been shown to be related, regardless of whether investigators have approached their subjects prospectively or retrospectively, or from the vantage point of 1) psycho...

OBJECTIVE To review the literature on somatoform disorders in children and adolescents relevant to recertification by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. METHOD The psychiatric, pediatric, and psychological literatures were searched for clinical or research articles in the past 10 years dealing with somatization and somatoform disorders. RESULTS Somatizing presentations are orga...

A group of psychiatric outpatients who satisfied the DSM-IIIR criteria for Somatization Disorder (n=33) were compared with a group of other Somatisers (n=32). The results show that somatization disorder was found predominantly in females. Their mean age was 31 and they had a lower income and poor educational level, with more life events and stress in the family. The main symptoms were gastroint...

Aims: The pandemic has had devastating effects across the world particularly on healthcare professionals. We assessed anxiety and depression with somatization to discover psychological of pandemic.
 Methods: 250 workers in a tertiary pediatric teaching hospital were asked respond questionnaire between 1 30 June 2020 responses via three scales including Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ-9...

Introduction Several studies have shown that the relationship between migraine and psychological factors is significant, but few evaluated these patients’ social life. Objectives Exploring role of personality psychopathology in people with migraines. Methods The sample consisted 180 people, more specifically 140 from general population 40 who been diagnosed receiving treatment for migraine, com...

Aim: evaluation of the effectiveness nutraceutical “Standard Zdorovia: Gastro” (“SZ Gastro”) in treatment patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Materials and methods. 52 (62 % women) diagnosed IBS combination functional dyspepsia (FD) were included study divided into two groups. Both groups received basic therapy according to guidelines. The experimental group as add-on “SZ (containing ...