These are physical disorders with psychological roots, resulting from the patient’s exposure to acute or persistent psychological stress, in which emotional factors play a significant and fundamental role.
They manifest as physical reactions and lead to damage to or dysfunction of one of the body’s systems; as they do not respond to organic treatments, it is essential to treat the causes of emotional distress and tension from a psychological perspective.
Upon medical examination, no physical or organic causes for these conditions are apparent, as they are psychologically based rather than physiologically based.