Background In 2013, the diagnosis of somatic symptom disorder (SSD) was introduced into
the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). This review aims to …

Functional somatic syndromes (FSS), like irritable bowel syndrome or fibromyalgia and other
symptoms reflecting bodily distress, are common in practically all areas of medicine …

Importance After an infection by SARS-CoV-2, many patients present with persistent
physical symptoms that may impair their quality of life. Beliefs regarding the causes of these …

Background Functional somatic symptoms and disorders are common and complex
phenomena involving both bodily and brain processes. They pose major challenges across …

Many patients affected by COVID-19 suffer from debilitating persistent symptoms whose risk
factors remained poorly understood. This prospective study examined the association of …

Emotional awareness is the ability to conceptualize and describe one's own emotions and
those of others. Over thirty years ago, a cognitive-developmental theory of emotional …

Theoretical frameworks such as predictive coding suggest that the perception of the body
and world–interoception and exteroception–involve intertwined processes of inference …

The cognitive model of depression has significantly influenced the understanding of
distorted cognitive processes in major depression; however, this model's conception of …

Many patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 report persistent symptoms that may impair their
quality of life for months, even after a mild episode of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) …

Several labels, such as neuroticism, negative emotionality, and dispositional negativity,
indicate a broad dimension of psychopathology. However, largely separate, often disorder …