Psychosomatic disorders are defined as disorders characterized by physiological changes that originate partially from emotional factors. This article aims to discuss the psychosomatic disorders of the oral cavity with a revised working type classification. The author has added one more subset to the existing classification, i.e., disorders caused by altered perception of dentofacial form and fu...

The aim of the work was to study psycho-vegetative state students using standardized questionnaires. Materials and methods research. involved 18–20 y/o, I–II course medical university. According results screening 448 students, we used a questionnaire by OM Vein. There were 82 people with signs autonomic dysfunction, which comprised main group. To assess balance, cardiointervalography; verify hy...

Chronic pruritus is one of the most frequent complaints of the skin associated with a high disease burden and markedly impaired quality of life. Chronic pruritus (>6 weeks of duration) may occur in a broad variety of diseases including dermatological, systemic, neurological, psychosomatic/psychiatric and gynaecological ones and in every age group (children, adults, pregnant women, elderly patie...

BACKGROUND Subjective memory complaints are frequently reported by the elderly. There is less information about the characterization of subjective memory complaints in young people. OBJECTIVE To determine different memory complaints between young and elderly people with the use of the Subjective Memory Complaints (SMC) scale. METHODS Participants were volunteers attending a health itinerant...

Many of the exciting conceptual and scientific advances in the field of psychosomatic medicine are not taught in United States medical schools. This article, based on the Presidential Address given at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society in Phoenix, Arizona in March 2003, reviews the rationale for integrating psychosomatic medicine into medical curricula, identifies educatio...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the validity of the Ghent Multidimensional Somatic Complaints Scale (GMSCS) in a Clinical Sample. METHOD Three hundred fifty-four non-clinical subjects and 151 clinical patients completed the GMSCS, an 18-item five-factorial scale for the assessment of somatic complaints. RESULTS The five-factorial structure was reliable and valid in the non-clinical as well as the cli...

conclusions the prevalence of htn was lower in elderly community-living iranians than developed countries, yet, was still considerable. nocturia and hyperlipidemia were the most common health complaints in iranian elderly with htn. results hypertension was seen in 48.5% of individuals. awareness, treatment, and control of htn were seen in 40.7%, 82.5%, and 30% of individuals, respectively. elde...

BACKGROUND Adolescents with chronic disease (CD) can be more vulnerable to adverse psychosocial outcomes. This study aims: 1) to identify differences in psychosocial variables (health-related quality of life, psychosomatic complaints, resilience, self-regulation and social support) among adolescents who feel that CD affects or does not affect school/peers connectedness (measured by self-reporte...