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. 2022 Apr;147(10):587-595.
doi: 10.1055/a-1554-1662. Epub 2022 May 11.

[Functional somatic symptoms: Clinical varieties, diagnostic challenges, therapeutic principles]

[Article in German]
Constanze Hausteiner-Wiehle

[Functional somatic symptoms: Clinical varieties, diagnostic challenges, therapeutic principles]

[Article in German]
Constanze Hausteiner-Wiehle. Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2022 Apr.

Abstract

Functional somatic symptoms are common and multiform. They occur in all genders and age groups, with and without somatic or mental comorbidity. Dysfunctional illness behaviour on the patients' (e. g., excessive attention or anxiety) and also on the caregivers' side (e. g., nocebo messages, redundant investigations or risky treatments) can promote chronification. Empathy, well balanced diagnostics, comprehensible information within individual multifactorial explanatory models, refocussing, activation, and - in more severe forms - additional measures such as psychotherapy are recommended.

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