Treatment of Functional Somatic Symptoms

ISBN: 0192624997

Author: Mayou, Richard

Condition: Used

Product DescriptionThere is currently a great deal of interest in patients with functional somatic symptoms--physical complaints which are not explained by organic findings--but until now there has been little information available on the principles and practical methods of their treatment. This book covers all the key topics in the management of somatic disorders, and will be invaluable both as a comprehensive reference and as a practical clinical guide. The authors have included material on the problems specific to children and the elderly, the organization of service provision, as well as the clinical syndromes characteristic of somatic disorders such as hypochondriasis, chronic pain, chronic fatigue, and low back pain.Treatment of Functional Somatic Symptoms is the first comprehensive, authoritative and practical guide on the management of a wide variety of medically unexplained symptoms encountered frequently in all areas of primary and hospital care. The book will be useful to clinicians and to research workers as a source book and a clinical manual.Review`Based on a 1992 Oxford conference, the book is tightly constructed ... Both plain speaking and sophisticated, the book belongs in the library of all consultation-liaison psychiatrists.' Donna B. Greenberg, Psychosomatics, volume 37, number 1, January/February 1996`beautifully presented text ... the editing has produced a coherent whole with a feeling for consensus, as if all the authors had co-operated in the production ... This text is highly recommended. It will be a standard for many years and represents something of the best in Oxford and British psychiatry.' Gordon Lennox, Family Practice, Vol. 13, No. 3, 1996`a welcome addition to the literature, concentrating almost exclusively on treatment techniques and originating from a conference held in Oxford in late 1992 ... The chapters on treatment are full of clinical wisdom.' Robert Peveler, University of Southampton, Journal of Psychosomatic Research, vol. 40, no. 5, May 1996About the AuthorRichard Mayou is at University of Oxford. Christopher Bass is at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.