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Pain, Depression, and Anxiety: A Common Language of Human Suffering

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Somatization and Psychosomatic Symptoms

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The framework of this chapter is psychosomatological. This represents an attempt to integrate different theoretical approaches, including psychodynamic theories of human development, complex systems theory, psycho-neuro-endocrino-immunology (PNEI), and biosemiotics, in studying the pain-depression-anxiety complex [1].

Nietzsche: “Did you ever say yes to a pleasure?

Oh my friends, then you also said yes to all pain.

All things are linked, entwined, in love with one another.”

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  1. Department of General Medicine, Institute of Psychosomatic Medicine, University of Göteborg, Fridkullagatan 14, 41262, Göteborg, Sweden

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  2. Societa Italina Medicina Psichosomatica, Italy, Affiliated to Institute of Psychosomatic Medicine, Sweden, Borgo Ognissanti, 38, Florence, 50123, Italy

    Matteo Bruscoli M.D.

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Sivik, T., Bruscoli, M. (2013). Pain, Depression, and Anxiety: A Common Language of Human Suffering. In: Koh, K. (eds) Somatization and Psychosomatic Symptoms. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7119-6_12

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