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[Psychic and psychosomatic symptom in pediatrics (author's transl)]. 1980

F Menéndez Osorio

From the intimate relationship between somatic and psychic aspects, certain characteristics of the psychic or psychosomatic symptom in the child are sketched and the evolution from the psychic conflict to the elaboration of an specific symptom. The meaning of the symptom as a language or a means of expression of the child is pointed out, as well as the individual significance of the symptom in each clinical case, avoiding mechanical and reducing schemes. The importance of the "language of the body" in the infant and the symptom as a sign, signifies or symbol or as a unconscious fantasy related to the organ function in the school child. The importance of the first affective contacts in the child as etiopathogenic formations. Some anamnestic guidelines and practical evaluations are developed in each infantile functional disorder. Finally, the need for a deep study of the psychosomatic sphere is emphasized, looking for a balance between an attitude of underevaluation and one of hypertrophy, goal attainable by means of the integration of pediatrician infantile psychiatrists in an interdisciplinary team.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D007231	Infant, Newborn	An infant during the first 28 days after birth.	Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D010372	Pediatrics	A medical specialty concerned with maintaining health and providing medical care to children from birth to adolescence.
D011611	Psychosomatic Medicine	A system of medicine which aims at discovering the exact nature of the relationship between the emotions and bodily function, affirming the principle that the mind and body are one.	Medicine, Psychosomatic
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D002666	Psychology, Child	Branch of psychology involving the study of normal and abnormal behavior of children.	Child Psychology,Infant Psychology,Pediatric Psychology,Psychology, Infant,Psychology, Pediatric
D002675	Child, Preschool	A child between the ages of 2 and 5.	Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013001	Somatoform Disorders	Disorders having the presence of physical symptoms that suggest a general medical condition but that are not fully explained by another medical condition, by the direct effects of a substance, or by another mental disorder. The MEDICALLY UNEXPLAINED SYMPTOMS must cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other areas of functioning. In contrast to FACTITIOUS DISORDERS and MALINGERING, the physical symptoms are not under voluntary control. (APA, DSM-V)	Briquet Syndrome,Pain Disorder,Somatization Disorder,Medically Unexplained Syndrome,Medically Unexplained Syndromes,Disorder, Somatoform,Somatization Disorders,Somatoform Disorder,Syndrome, Briquet,Syndrome, Medically Unexplained,Unexplained Syndrome, Medically