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The British Journal of Psychiatry 129: 55-60 (1976)
© 1976 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

The nature of bodily symptoms

R Mayou

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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