psychosomatic

The term psychosomatic was coined in 1860 to define a disorder having physical symptoms, but originating from mental or emotional causes.

Lee Schneider: Heal Yourself 2009

That which medicine can't explain we tend to label psychosomatic and blame the patient, a cruel phenomenon all too familiar to those who've had MS, rheumatoid arthritis, and lupus, and a myriad of other ailments in decades past.

John Falk: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome And Psychotherapy John Falk 2011

That which medicine can't explain we tend to label psychosomatic and blame the patient, a cruel phenomenon all too familiar to those who've had MS, rheumatoid arthritis, and lupus, and a myriad of other ailments in decades past.

John Falk: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome And Psychotherapy John Falk 2011

I genuinely believe that if all Americans turned off tehir televisions and were not exposed to the advertizing for six months, there would be less reported illness in this country … I think a lot of the illnesses we have are psychosomatic from the barrage of ads …

Think Progress » Bush Supports Constitutional Amendment Banning Gay Marriage, Distorts Meaning of Democracy 2006

Beleaguered and frustrated by doctors who, frustrated themselves, periodically declared her pain psychosomatic, Kamen came to understand the plight of the millions who suffer chronic pain in its many forms.

All In My Head: Summary and book reviews of All In My Head by Paula Kamen. 2005

But the mentally stable are afflicted by chronic, low-level anxiety, which manifests itself in psychosomatic illness, ulcers, overeating, dependence on tranquilizers, and an inability to face a future of more than a few days 'duration.

Shedding Light on Lebanon 1984

But the mentally stable are afflicted by chronic, low-level anxiety, which manifests itself in psychosomatic illness, ulcers, overeating, dependence on tranquilizers, and an inability to face a future of more than a few days 'duration.

Shedding Light on Lebanon 1984

That which medicine can't explain we tend to label psychosomatic and blame the patient, a cruel phenomenon all too familiar to those who've had MS, rheumatoid arthritis, and lupus, and a myriad of other ailments in decades past.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com John Falk 2011

After he went to bed it suddenly occurred to me that my dizzy/tired thing might even be psychosomatic, that is, real physical symptoms that are anxiety/emotion based.

sheepdip Diary Entry sheepdip 2002

We are just now beginning to develop a new kind of medicine called psychosomatic medicine—a medicine that treats both the mind and the body.

How to Stop Worrying and Start Living Dale Carnegie 1944