Open AccessChildren with Medically Unexplained Pain Symptoms: Categorization and Effective Management
Author(s) -
Shantanu Deshpande,
G Vidya,
Neelima S Bendre,
M.R. Ghate
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 0975-1564
pISSN - 0253-7176
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7176.92065
Subject(s) - denial , anxiety , distress , psychosocial , categorization , psychiatry , psychology , clinical psychology , depression (economics) , overdiagnosis , acute stress disorder , medicine , psychotherapist , philosophy , epistemology , pathology , economics , macroeconomics
Medically unexplained pain symptoms are common in children, and their incidence is on the rise. There is often a lack of clearly articulated pathophysiology in these patients. There is need to improve understanding about varied causes and presentations of these patients which would generate further insight in management of these patients. Documentation and detailed assessment of such children in Indian setting is not seen in literature.