Abstract
Some mental disorders in childhood and adolescence have somatic symptoms, as well as psychological ones. This concerns neurotic disorders in particular and possible somatisations include abdominal pains, nausea and heart palpitations.
Somatic symptoms are particularly important in factitious and dissociative disorders. Eating disorders are a group of psychosomatic diseases with a psychologically induced onset and significant somatic consequences.
The psychological disorders with somatic symptoms typical for childhood include non-organic enuresis, encopresis and tic disorders.