Somatization and psychosomatic symptoms brings theoretical clarity and frontline expertise to these challenging cases offering integrative approaches and clinical tools this comprehensive reference addresses not only the assessment and treatment of chronic physical complaints but also explores the mechanisms that underlie them expanding on current perspectives to create a biopsychosociocultural lens for practice. Somatization is a process characterized by excessive or inappropriate focus on physical symptoms that are medically unexplained it is highly prevalent in primary care medicine as somatoform psychosomatic disorders tend to be chronic and can cause significant personal suffering and social problems as well as financial burden. Somatization and psychosomatic symptoms amazonde koh kyung bong fremdsprachige bucher wahlen sie ihre cookie einstellungen wir verwenden cookies und ahnliche tools um ihr einkaufserlebnis zu verbessern um unsere dienste anzubieten um zu verstehen wie die kunden unsere dienste nutzen damit wir verbesserungen vornehmen konnen und um werbung anzuzeigen. This book with contributions emanating from the 21st world congress of psychosomatic medicine held in seoul in august 2011 presents the latest evidence based information about the mechanisms assessment and management of psychosomatic disorders from a biopsychosociocultural perspective