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

• Main Author: Kozlowska, Kasia (auth)
• Other Authors: Scher, Stephen (auth), Helgeland, Helene (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2020
• Series: Palgrave Texts in Counselling and Psychotherapy
• Subjects: Psychotherapy; Psychiatry; Child & developmental psychology; Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology; Psychotherapy and Counseling; Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Child and School Psychology; Neuropsychology; Counseling Psychology; Child and Adolescence Psychology; School Psychology; 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; Clinical Psychology; open access; Medical counselling; Clinical psychology; Child, developmental & lifespan psychology
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This open access 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. This approach both provides a new understanding of how such symptoms emerge - typically, through a history of recurrent or chronic stress, either physical or psychological - and points the way to effective assessment, management, and treatment that put the child (and family) back on the road to health and well-being.