心療内科(しんりょうないか)

しんりょうないか
noun
psychosomatic medicine; psychosomatic internal medicine department
medicalhealth
1. psychosomatic medicine department; clinic for stress-related physical symptoms
A medical specialty that treats physical symptoms — stomach pain, headaches, insomnia, palpitations — believed to be caused or worsened by psychological stress. Patients often go there when tests at an ordinary internal medicine clinic find nothing wrong.
心療内科(しんりょうないか)に通(かよ)っている。
I've been going to a psychosomatic medicine clinic.
胃(い)の不調(ふちょう)が続(つづ)き、心療内科(しんりょうないか)を受診(じゅしん)した。
My stomach trouble kept up, so I saw a psychosomatic medicine specialist.
ストレスが原因(げんいん)かもしれないと言(い)われ、心療内科(しんりょうないか)を紹介(しょうかい)された。
I was told stress might be the cause, and was referred to a psychosomatic medicine department.

Often the least intimidating door into mental health care in Japan, since the presenting complaint is a physical one.

Common collocations

Similar words

  • 精神科(せいしんか): psychiatry — treats mental illness itself, including conditions requiring hospitalization
  • 神経内科(しんけいないか): neurology — treats diseases of the nerves and brain, not stress reactions
  • 内科(ないか): internal medicine — the general department this one branched off from

Related Words

Compare: 精神科(せいしんか) (psychiatry)
Related: 適応障害(てきおうしょうがい) (adjustment disorder)
Related: 精神疾患(せいしんしっかん) (mental illness)
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Added 2026.8.15 21:20 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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