The Cold man. A clinical case of the cold sensation.

<p>The lack of correlation between available knowledge and the current approach to Somatoform Disorders is highlighted.. Methods: the study, via the analysis of an unusual clinical case of an anomalous sensation of cold, examines various hypotheses on the physiopathology of somatization. Concl...

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Main Authors: Salvatore Settineri, Filippo Tatì, Carmela Mento
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Messina 2013-09-01
Series:Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology
Online Access:http://cab.unime.it/journals/index.php/MJCP/article/view/922
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spelling doaj-2751ee59d810408eb115b878091be1012020-11-24T23:01:22ZengUniversity of MessinaMediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology2282-16192013-09-011210.6092/2282-1619/2013.2.922727The Cold man. A clinical case of the cold sensation.Salvatore Settineri0Filippo Tatì1Carmela Mento2Human and Social Sciences, University of Messina, ItalySpecialist of Psichiatry, Messina, italyUniversity of Messina<p>The lack of correlation between available knowledge and the current approach to Somatoform Disorders is highlighted.. Methods: the study, via the analysis of an unusual clinical case of an anomalous sensation of cold, examines various hypotheses on the physiopathology of somatization. Conclusions: a conceptualization would focus attention on the level of patients’ preoccupation with their symptoms, on the anomalies of the variations of perceptions and on patients’ hyperarousal. It could lead to a more harmonious position in psychiatry, between anthropologically-based understanding and interpretation of psychophysical information.</p>http://cab.unime.it/journals/index.php/MJCP/article/view/922
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The Cold man. A clinical case of the cold sensation.
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title The Cold man. A clinical case of the cold sensation.
title_short The Cold man. A clinical case of the cold sensation.
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series Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology
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description <p>The lack of correlation between available knowledge and the current approach to Somatoform Disorders is highlighted.. Methods: the study, via the analysis of an unusual clinical case of an anomalous sensation of cold, examines various hypotheses on the physiopathology of somatization. Conclusions: a conceptualization would focus attention on the level of patients’ preoccupation with their symptoms, on the anomalies of the variations of perceptions and on patients’ hyperarousal. It could lead to a more harmonious position in psychiatry, between anthropologically-based understanding and interpretation of psychophysical information.</p>
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