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American Association of Doctors of Behavioral Health

American Association of Doctors of Behavioral Health

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Category: Psychophysiologic Disorders

Psychophysiologic Disorders: A Core Competence for a DBH

Patient with Psychophysiologic Disorders looking out of a hospital window

Did you know that one in six adults and 35-40% of primary care patients suffer from medically unexplained symptoms? For example, some suffer from chronic functional syndromes (irritable bowel, fibromyalgia and many others) or psychosocial factors linked to chronic pain?…

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Preventing Re-Traumatizing Victimized Patients Within The Medical Industry

Patient crying

Maleficence in Treatment: Dismissing Patients When They Need Providers Most Adults who have had adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) or are victims of violent crime are often in physiological pain (Clarke, Schubiner, Clark-Smith & Abbass, 2019) have a need for trauma…

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