During the trip to the hospital, IV access is established. Additional assessment reveals that her pain began immediately after the fall, is a 9 on a 1â10 scale and is described as a constant, very sharp pain diffused across her lower abdomen. Nothing alleviates the pain.
0. 0. Psychosomatic means mind (psyche) and body (soma). A psychosomatic disorder is a disease which involves both mind and body. Some physical diseases are thought to be particularly prone to be made worse by mental factors such as stress and anxiety.o an extent, most diseases are psychosomatic-involving both mind and body. 1  There is a mental aspect to every physical disease. 2  How we react to and cope with disease varies greatly from person to person.
The idea of psychogenesis characterised the first phase of development of psychosomatic medicine (1930â1960) and resulted in the concept of 'psychosomatic disease' (a physical illness, such as peptic ulcer, believed to be caused by psychological factors).