Book Details

Functional Somatic Symptoms in Children and Adolescents A Stress-System Approach to Assessment and Treatment

Publication year: 2020

ISBN: 978-3-030-46184-3

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This book sets out the stress-system model for functional somatic symptoms in children and adolescents. The book begins by exploring the initial encounter between the paediatrician, child, and family, moves through the assessment process, including the formulation and the treatment contract, and then describes the various forms of treatment that are designed to settle the child’s dysregulated stress system


Subject: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Psychotherapy and Counseling, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Child and School Psychology, Neuropsychology, Functional Somatic Symptoms, neurological symptoms, medically unexplained symptoms, FSS, psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES), stress-based model, neurobiology, child and adolescent psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Health, pediatrics, paediatrics, Neuropsychology, Clinical Psychology