A Review-Based Theoretical Analysis on Somatization of Psychological Symptoms and Physical Manifestation of Trauma in Youths

Abstract

Early trauma is caused to increase disease among youth. It also has an adverse impact on brain development and impairs the various other facets of daily life functioning of youth. This chapter, thus, provides a systematic outline of physical manifestations of long-term psychological trauma and the somatization of psychological symptoms among youth. The summary of 50 research articles and book chapters are included in this chapter. A systematic method is employed to collect and synthesize information. The authors have screened open-sourced articles published in English available in the public domain which were published after 2000 using various keywords such as youth, psychological trauma, somatization, and childhood maltreatment. It supports the idea that prolonged exposure to trauma results in physical symptoms like exhaustion, fatigue, high blood pressure, and anxiety among youth. It may also be responsible for increasing various diseases like diabetes and abuse disorders among youth.