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Psychological elements of gastrointestinal disorders

William H. Bachrach

pp. 1-13

The association of symptoms with an identifiable ("organic") lesion presumed to be the result of psychological factors is called psychosomatic disease. Symptoms for which no anatomical basis can be discovered, occurring in a setting of emotional stress, are conventionally described as psychofunctional or psychophysiological.

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-7289-9_1

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Bachrach, W. H. (1982)., Psychological elements of gastrointestinal disorders, in W. E. Fann, I. Karacan, A. D. Pokorny & R. L. Williams (eds.), Phenomenology and treatment of psychophysiological disorders, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 1-13.

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