Diagnostic Criteria for Psychosomatic Research(English)

• introduced in 1995 by an international group of investigators to expand the traditional domains of the disease model. This is a set of 12 'psychosomatic syndromes' which provide operational tools for psychosocial variables with prognostic and therapeutic implications in clinical settings. Eight syndromes concern the main manifestations of abnormal illness behavior: somatization, hypochondriacal fears and beliefs, and illness denial. The other four syndromes (alexithymia, type A behavior, demoralization and irritable mood) refer to the domain of psychological factors affecting medical conditions
• Psychology, Diagnostics
• https://doi.org…261.2012.726923