What is psychic and somatic symptoms?

2020-12-07 15:43:35
What is psychic and somatic symptoms? Please can you differentiate briefly ? Thank you.
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Thanks for your query. “ Psychic” or psychological symptoms or symptoms of the mind: anxiety, sadness, obsessions, psychosis, inattention, etc. Somatic symptoms or physical symptoms of body (including brain) without a clear underlying medical cause: Pain (anywhere in body) including headaches, weakness, fatigue, dizziness, diarrhea, constipation, movement problems, pain during sex, etc. Psychological symptoms can worsen somatic symptoms and vice versa.
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