Sabina Aslanova

Keywords: somastization, etiology, "protective mechanism", harmonic balance, ergopathic, hypochondriacal, "theory of personality traits"

Sabina Ramiz Aslanova

SOMATIZATION AND RESPONSE REACTION AGAINST SOMATIZATION

Summary. Somatization is one of the psychological defense mechanisms of a person. The concept of somatization was proposed by psychoanalyst Wilhelm Stekel in 1943 with reference to conversion disorders and hysteroform somatic disorders. Later, this term began to be applied to somatic diseases. Psychological factors play a major role in the origin of somatization, such disorders are called psychosomatic disorders. Somatization mainly causes problems in the individual's personal life, such as mental illnesses, including depression and anxiety disorders.