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Disorders with physical symptoms that may involve actual tissue damage, usually in one organ system, and that are produced, in part, by continued mobilization of the autonomic nervous system under stress. Hives and ulcers are examples. No longer listed in DSM-IV in a separate category, such disorders are now diagnosed on axis I as psychological factor influencing a medical condition. On axis III the specific physical condition is given.
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