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The psychological contributions to the causes and course of physical illness is a topic susceptible to misunderstanding. In the first place, the word psychosomatic should refer to the interrelationship of psychological and medical aspects of any disease or injury. It can be used to reflect a bio-psycho-social approach to diagnosis and treatment, with an assurance that factors in all three dimensions are being taken into account. There should be as much interest in the aetiology of distress as of disease.
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Aitken, R.C.B. (1989). Psychological Contributions to the Causes and Course of Physical Illness. In: Öhman, R., Freeman, H.L., Holmkvist, A.F., Nielzén, S. (eds) Interaction Between Mental and Physical Illness. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73993-4_14
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