concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: somatization

somatization
type: Concept
broader: somatoform disorders
definition: 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]

somatoform disorders
type: Concept
narrower: somatization