Which explanation would the instructor provide to the nursing student regarding the origin of
the term "somatic disorder"?
"Soma" is the Latin root for "sleep," and somatic disorders in mental health are sleep-related
disorders.
"Soma" is related to the somatic nervous system, and somatic disorders arise from anatomic
variations in this system.
"Soma" is the Greek word for "body," and somatic disorder refers to how people interpret physical
symptoms in the setting of anxiety.
"Soma," meaning "same," is used to describe mental health disorders that manifest themselves in
the same ways across generations of a family.