Fundamental Concept of Psychosomatic Disorders: A Review
Journal Title: International Journal of Contemporary Medicine surgery and Radiology - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
The term psychosomatic is derived from Greek word “psyche” (mind) and “soma” (body). A psychosomatic disorder is a disease which involves both mind and body.Sometimes mental and emotional factors may act as risk factor that could influence the initiation and progression of oro-mucosal disorders. Several studies have been showed that in most of the oral problems like chronic pain disorders, burning mouth syndrome etc, psychological factors plays a major role in their pathogenesis. This review highlights the important aspects of the psychosomatic diseases affecting oral cavity. The review article has been prepared doing a literature review from the text books, World Wide Web and pubmed/medline.
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Hifsa Nisar, Rahul Srivastava
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