concepts
The experience of abusive social and interpersonal issues expressed as painful bodily symptoms. It has been demonstrated to be a viable response by women to their gender roles, and perhaps the only response available to individuals living under regimes of political terror (Kleinman, A. (1995) Writing at the Margin: Discourse between Anthropology and Medicine. [Source: The Sage Dictionary of Health and Society; Somatization]
somatization
somatoform disorders