The Psychopathology of Functional Somatic Syndromes
Subtitle: Neurobiology and Illness Behavior in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Gulf War Illness, Irritable Bowel, and Premenstrual Dsphoria
Publisher: Haworth Press
Published: April 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9780789012609
Subjects: Diseases & disorders; Health psychology; Neurology & clinical neurophysiology; Psychiatry - General; Medical; Psychology; physiopathology; Mental Health; Neuropsychology; Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic; Diseases; Colonic Diseases, Functional; Somatoform Disorders
First sentence: Functional syndromes characterized by malaise, widespread or localized pain, cognitive abnormalities, anxiety, depression, and somatic preoccupation have been identified for more than two centuries.