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Now in this post we would learn about somatoform disorders and others. Somatoform disorders:- These are a group of disorders in which it is a mental disorder characterized by physical symptoms for which no particular cause or injury can occur. The physical symptoms such as abdominal or chest pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, palpitations, deafness, blindness, and paralysis are not oftenly explained by a physical or other mental disorders or by injury and are not side effects of medication, drugs, or alcohol. People who suffer this disorder may go various medical evaluations and tests to be confident that they do not have an illness related to a physical cause or central lesion. Whenever the patients suffer from this disorder they become worried so that the doctors are also unable to find a reason for their health problems. The symptoms are lasted for several years like the other illnesses. Examples of  Somatoform disorders are 1. Conversion disorder and  2.Hypochondria...

Phobia – an intense, irrational, and unfounded dread of an object, situation, activity, or environment. From the Greek “phobos” (meaning “fear” or “dread”) it is more than just normal anxiety or healthy caution. A phobia is a natural response to dangerous situations but when it becomes phobic, it triggers a strong emotional and physical response even when there is not much, if anything, to actually worry about. --- ### Key Characteristics & Symptoms Irrational & Excessive Reaction: The fear is disproportionate to the actual threat of the trigger. Avoidance Behaviors: People can go to great lengths to avoid the feared object or situation and this can significantly interfere with their functioning and quality of life. Physical symptoms: Becoming anxious or even thinking about the trigger can produce immediate symptoms of anxiety, like increased heart rate, hyperventilation, dizziness, perspiration, shakiness, nausea, or a full-blown panic attack. --- ### Root Word Usage In medic...