Open AccessPsychosomatic disorders: An overview for oral physician
Author(s) -
Nerella Narendra Kumar,
Mamatha Gowda Panchaksharappa,
Rajeshwari G Annigeri
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of indian academy of oral medicine and radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0975-1572
pISSN - 0972-1363
DOI - 10.4103/0972-1363.189979
Subject(s) - medicine , psychosomatic medicine , anxiety , hysteria , depression (economics) , oral cavity , psychiatry , psychophysiologic disorders , disease , pathology , dentistry , economics , macroeconomics
A psychosomatic disorder involves both the body and mind. These diseases have physical symptoms originating from mental or emotional causes. Most common causes are stress, anxiety, and depression. When these psychological entities are not perceived properly, it may result in somatic disease due to conversion hysteria. Even the oral and paraoral structures show manifestations of these psychosomatic disorders. The present review has been done from text books and articles relevant to psychosomatic disorders. Relevant articles have been selected and filtered from databases using MeSH terms psychosomatic diseases, oral mucosal diseases, stress, etc., with boolean operators from 1990 till date. This review highlights the important aspects of the psychosomatic diseases affecting oral cavity