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The Nature of Bodily Symptoms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Richard Mayou
Richard Mayou*
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford
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Summary

Psychiatric descriptions of bodily symptoms have usually been derived from narrowly restricted clinical experience. It is argued that it is more useful to review evidence from all medical settings and occurrence, nature, disability and presentation are here discussed. Syndromes of hypochondriacal reactions appear to be extreme and uncommon manifestations of a universal potential.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 129 , Issue 1 , July 1976 , pp. 55 - 60
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1976 

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