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From: werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner)
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Subject: Psychological Factors Affecting Physical Condition
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Date: Sun, 26-May-85 22:12:04 EDT
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From 'Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - Third Edition'
	aka DMS-III  (by the American Psychiatric Association)

Psychological Factors Affecting Physical Condition
	
	This category can be used for any physical condition to which
psychological factors are judged to be contributory.  It can be used to
describe disorders that in the past have been referred to as either
"Psychosomatic" or "Psychophysiological."
	Common example of physical conditions for which this category
may be appropriate include, but are not limited to:
	Obesity, Migraine Headache, Tension Headache, Angina Pectoris,
Painful Menstruation, Sacroiliac Pain, Neurodermatitis, Acne, Rheumatoid
Arthritis, Asthma, Tachycardia, Arrythmia, Gastric Ulcer, Duodenal Ulcer,
Cardiospasm, Pylorospasm, Nausea and Vomiting, Regional Enteritis,
Ulcerative Colitis, and frequency of micturition.

My comments:  I just thought many people on the net would find this 
interesting.  And just as a thought, I couldn't help but notice that this
list is almost identical to the list of diseases that respond to nutritional
therapies.

-- 
				Craig Werner
				!philabs!aecom!werner
		"The world is just a straight man for you sometimes"