The notion that psychological problems can manifest as physical disorders or symptoms predates the founding of modern scientific psychiatry in the late 1800s. Indeed, it is an idea as old as medicine ...

The Gulf War left many veterans with a plethora of unexplained, complicated symptoms, but their problems were left ignored.

The Canadian Psychiatric Association held its 53rd Annual Meeting in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada from October 30 to November 2, 2003. A number of interesting topics were presented, including a review ...

Over 70% of people reporting a psychosomatic or mental misdiagnosis said that it still upset them. And over 80% said that it had damaged their self-worth. One of our study participants, who had ...

Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism, Vol. 77, Suppl. 2: Brain and Gut Axis (2021), pp. 4-10 (7 pages) Background: The brain and gut communicate bidirectionally via immune, neurological, and endocrine ...