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Is There a Mind/Body Connection in Hypertension?

Samuel J. Mann, M.D. | Posted 03.24.2013 | Healthy Living

If day-to-day stress and anger and anxiety are not causes of hypertension, do I believe that there is a mind/body connection in hypertension? Yes, I absolutely do. But the connection is very different from what most people think.

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Mislabeling Medical Illness As Mental Disorder: The Eleventh DSM-5 Mistake

Allen Frances | Posted 02.10.2013 | Science

Read More: Pain, Mental Disorder, Dsm-5, Somatic Symptoms, Psychosomatic, Chronic Fatigue, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Cancer, Heart Disease, Diabetes, Dsm 5, Dsm 5 Criticism, Mental Disorder DSM-5, Science News

The golden rule: an underlying medical illness or medication side effect has to be ruled out before ever deciding that someone's symptoms are caused by mental disorder. And the underlying medical illness may take time to declare itself.

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Do Dogs Experience PTSD After Trauma?

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 02.08.2012 | Healthy Living

As a society, we understand the need for a splint when a bone is broken. When "all" that is broken is one's composure or spirit, we often expect you to just get over yourself.

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31 Elementary Schoolers Hospitalized With Imagined Symptoms

Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

Read More: Psychosomatic, Illinois, Chicago Public Schools, Isats, Imaginary Illness, Chicago, Cameron Elementary, Chicago News

First, one boy and one girl in an art classroom at Cameron Elementary in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood complained. They had itchy rashes on the...

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