127
Views
35
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

Somatization - a culture-bound or universal syndrome?

, &
Pages 219-222 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

Keep up to date with the latest research on this topic with citation updates for this article.

Read on this site (7)

Kelly Romero-Acosta, Josefa Canals, Carmen Hernández-Martínez, Eva Penelo, Teodora Cosmina Zolog & Edelmira Domènech-Llaberia. (2013) Age and gender differences of somatic symptoms in children and adolescents*. Journal of Mental Health 22:1, pages 33-41.
Read now
Haile Fenta, Ilene Hyman, SeanB. Rourke, Miea Moon & Samuel Noh. (2010) Somatic symptoms in a community sample of Ethiopian immigrants in Toronto, Canada. International Journal of Culture and Mental Health 3:1, pages 1-15.
Read now
Juha T. Karvonen, Matti Joukamaa, Anne Herva, Jari Jokelainen, Kristian Läksy & Juha Veijola. (2007) Somatization symptoms in young adult Finnish population—Associations with sex, educational level and mental health. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry 61:3, pages 219-224.
Read now
Aleksandar Janca, Mohan Isaac & Jane Ventouras. (2006) Towards better understanding and management of somatoform disorders. International Review of Psychiatry 18:1, pages 5-12.
Read now
Sofie Bäärnhielm. (2005) Making sense of different illness realities: Restructuring of illness meaning among Swedish-born women. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry 59:5, pages 350-356.
Read now
R. Small, J. Lumley & J. Yelland. (2003) How useful is the concept of somatization in cross-cultural studies of maternal depression? A contribution from the Mothers in a New Country (MINC) study. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology 24:1, pages 45-52.
Read now

Articles from other publishers (28)

Johannes Klackl, Danielle P. Ochoa, Hongfei Du, Eva Jonas, Emiko S. Kashima, Getrude C. Ah Gang & Yoshihisa Kashima. (2023) A WEIRD Theory? On the Prevalence of Western Folk Theory of Social Change in the West and Asia. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 54:2, pages 249-268.
Crossref
Arif Ali, S.P. Deuri, A. Baruah & S.K. Deuri. (2021) Culture and Somatization: A Psycho Social Perspective. Eastern Journal of Psychiatry 12:1-2, pages 28-33.
Crossref
Saswati Das, Uday Sankar Mandal, Saswati Nath & Arijit Mondal. (2020) Relationship between Perceived Social Support and Severity of Symptoms in Persons with Somatoform Disorder. Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences 9:06, pages 320-323.
Crossref
Sergi Ballespí, Jaume Vives, Naida Alonso, Carla Sharp, María Salvadora Ramírez, Peter Fonagy & Neus Barrantes-Vidal. (2019) To know or not to know? Mentalization as protection from somatic complaints. PLOS ONE 14:5, pages e0215308.
Crossref
Y. Faiad, B. Khoury, S. Daouk, M. Maj, J. Keeley, O. Gureje & G. Reed. (2017) Frequency of use of the International Classification of Diseases ICD-10 diagnostic categories for mental and behavioural disorders across world regions. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences 27:6, pages 568-576.
Crossref
Jayanti Basu, Matangini Samanta, Sipra Basu & Mahua Bhattacharya. 2018. Psychosocial Interventions for Health and Well-Being. Psychosocial Interventions for Health and Well-Being 313 333 .
A. R. C. Nwokocha, J. M. Chinawa, V. Onukwuli, A. Ubesie, Appolos Ndukuba, A. T. Chinawa, Elias Aniwada & Samuel Uwaezuoke. (2017) Somatization disorder among adolescents in southeast Nigeria: a neglected issue. International Journal of Mental Health Systems 11:1.
Crossref
J. M. Chinawa, Ada R. C. Nwokocha, Pius C. Manyike, Awoere Tamunosiki Chinawa, Elias C. Aniwada & Appolos Chidi Ndukuba. (2016) Psychosomatic problems among medical students: a myth or reality?. International Journal of Mental Health Systems 10:1.
Crossref
Xiaolu Zhou, Yunshi Peng, Xiongzhao Zhu, Shuqiao Yao, Jessica Dere, Yulia E. Chentsova-Dutton & Andrew G. Ryder. (2015) From culture to symptom: Testing a structural model of “Chinese somatization”. Transcultural Psychiatry 53:1, pages 3-23.
Crossref
Ali Firoozabadi, Nick Bellissimo, Ahmad Ghanizadeh & Abrisham Tanhatan Nesseri. 2015. Women's Mental Health. Women's Mental Health 171 182 .
Kelly Clarke, Naomi Saville, Bishnu Bhandari, Kalpana Giri, Mamita Ghising, Meena Jha, Sonali Jha, Jananee Magar, Rinku Roy, Bhim Shrestha, Bhawana Thakur, Rinku Tiwari, Anthony Costello, Dharma Manandhar, Michael King, David Osrin & Audrey Prost. (2014) Understanding psychological distress among mothers in rural Nepal: a qualitative grounded theory exploration. BMC Psychiatry 14:1.
Crossref
Cara S. Maffini & Y. Joel Wong. 2014. Guide to Psychological Assessment with Asians. Guide to Psychological Assessment with Asians 347 360 .
Boon-Ooi Lee. (2013) Ambivalence over emotional expression and symptom attribution are associated with self-reported somatic symptoms in Singaporean school adolescents. Asian Journal of Social Psychology 16:3, pages 169-180.
Crossref
Sharon Smith-Kemper. 2010. Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural School Psychology. Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural School Psychology 918 919 .
Haile Fenta, Ilene Hyman & Samuel Noh. (2007) Health Service Utilization by Ethiopian Immigrants and Refugees in Toronto. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 9:4, pages 349-357.
Crossref
Jorge M Tamayo, Karis Román, Juan J Fumero & María Rivas. (2005) The level of recognition of physical symptoms in patients with a major depression episode in the outpatient psychiatric practice in Puerto Rico: An observational study. BMC Psychiatry 5:1.
Crossref
Massimiliano Aragona, Lorenzo Tarsitani, Francesco Colosimo, Barbara Martinelli, Hassan Raad, Bianca Maisano & Salvatore Geraci. (2005) Somatization in Primary Care: A Comparative Survey of Immigrants from Various Ethnic Groups in Rome, Italy. The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine 35:3, pages 241-248.
Crossref
Juha T. Karvonen, Juha Veijola, Pirkko Kokkonen, Kristian Läksy, Jouko Miettunen & Matti Joukamaa. (2005) Somatization and alexithymia in young adult Finnish population. General Hospital Psychiatry 27:4, pages 244-249.
Crossref
Jennifer Burr & Tom Chapman. (2004) Contextualising experiences of depression in women from South Asian communities: a discursive approach. Sociology of Health and Illness 26:4, pages 433-452.
Crossref
Ahmed Okasha. (2014) Somatoform disorders revisited. Acta Neuropsychiatrica 15:4, pages 161-166.
Crossref
Wen-Shing Tseng. 2003. Clinician's Guide to Cultural Psychiatry. Clinician's Guide to Cultural Psychiatry 143 218 .
Wen-Shing Tseng. 2001. Handbook of Cultural Psychiatry. Handbook of Cultural Psychiatry 303 316 .
Yutaka Ono, Kimio Yoshimura, Keita Yamauchi, Masahiro Asai, Jerome Young, Shigeki Fujihara & Toshinori Kitamura. (2016) Somatoform Symptoms in a Japanese Community Population: Prevalence and Association with Personality Characteristics. Transcultural Psychiatry 37:2, pages 219-228.
Crossref
Vicenzio Holder-Perkins, Thomas Wise & Darvin E. Williams. (2000) The somatizing patient. Current Psychiatry Reports 2:3, pages 234-240.
Crossref
A. Okasha & T. Okasha. 1999. Somatoform Disorders. Somatoform Disorders 38 46 .
Fanqiang Meng, Yuhua Cui, Yucun Shen, Kai Lin, Dongfen Hou, Yuanli Qi & Aleksandar Janca. 1999. Somatoform Disorders. Somatoform Disorders 177 183 .
Aleksandar Janca, Gianluigi Tacchini & Mohan Isaac. 1999. Somatoform Disorders. Somatoform Disorders 125 131 .
Laurence J. Kirmayer & Allan Young. (1998) Culture and Somatization. Psychosomatic Medicine 60:4, pages 420-430.
Crossref

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.