PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - David John Cottrell TI - Fifteen-minute consultation: Medically unexplained symptoms AID - 10.1136/archdischild-2015-309344 DP - 2016 Jun 01 TA - Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition PG - 114--118 VI - 101 IP - 3 4099 - http://ep.bmj.com/content/101/3/114.short 4100 - http://ep.bmj.com/content/101/3/114.full SO - Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed2016 Jun 01; 101 AB - 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.