Depression may not be psychosomatic. It may be somatopsychic.
Some physical ailments have psychological and emotional side effects. Depression may be rooted in physical ailments negatively impacting mood and brain function.
Some physical ailments have psychological and emotional side effects. Depression may be rooted in physical ailments negatively impacting mood and brain function.
Are people just this bought into mind-body dualism like two centuries later?
Except for phantom pain, I think it's generally best to assume pain has a physical cause and pain negatively impacts mood, not the other way around.
And I've had phantom pain. I think even there, it's likely a physical cause, but mirror therapy is still known to help for some cases.