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CERCHIARI, Ednéia Albino Nunes. Psicossomática um estudo histórico e epistemológico. Psicol. cienc. prof. [online]. 2000, vol.20, n.4, pp. 64-79. ISSN 1414-9893.

This article originated from the mastership dissertation “ A Contribution to the study on the relationship of breast cancer and alexithymia” . The detailed study about this teme shows the deasese psychosomatic from yours origin until now. This study shows yet which desease are called desease psychosomatic and which factor etiologic main and if the desease are biologic or psychic. This study analyses the alexitymia and yours relationship with psychosomatic. The author suggests the word somatic-psycosis with the best word to indicate deseases called deseases psychosomatics.

Palavras-chave : Psychosomatic; Alexithymia; Somatic-psycosis.