Types of Psychosomatic Disorders

Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), occasionally still called dysmorphophobia, is a mental disorder characterized by the obsessive idea that some aspect of one's own body part or appearance is severely flawed and warrants exceptional measures to hide or fix their dysmorphic part on their person.

While any person is at risk for developing psychosomatic symptoms or conversion disorder, there is a trend towards high-achieving and successful adolescents. While females are probably more commonly affected, males are also at risk, especially since they have been taught to suppress their emotions at a young age.

Hypochondria is currently considered a psychosomatic disorder, as in a mental illness with physical symptoms. Cyberchondria is a colloquial term for hypochondria in individuals who have researched medical conditions on the Internet.

Disorders Related to Somatic Symptom Disorder Treatment of Somatic Symptom Disorders Somatic symptom disorder (SSD formerly known as "somatization disorder" or "somatoform disorder") is a form of mental illness that causes one or more bodily symptoms, including pain.