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Best practice
Fifteen-minute consultation: Medically unexplained symptoms
Abstract
Medically unexplained symptoms are common and not always easy to manage. A wide range of symptoms may be presented and anxiety in the child, family and paediatrician about the possibility of a missed serious organic diagnosis may hamper effective management. Evidence-based approaches to a number of different presenting problems share a number of components. A model for assessment and management based on clinical experience and this evidence base is described.
- Child Psychiatry
- Child Psychology
- General Paediatrics
- Pain
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome