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Pain in childhood and adolescence: diagnosis, smokescreen or everyday complaints?
Author(s) -
Haugland S
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2004.tb00696.x
Subject(s) - medicine , headaches , physical therapy , abdominal pain , pediatrics , psychiatry , surgery
A large number of adolescents complain of headaches, backache, abdominal pain and pain in the limbs. Conclusion : Teachers and health personnel should be educated in health promoting strategies to avoid medicalisation of health complaints, and to promote functional ability through structural approaches.