Moving on: The BodyMind Approach ™ for medically unexplained symptoms

Journal of Public Mental Health,Volume 16, Issue 2, June 2017. Purpose This is a summary of practice-based evidence from an analysis of outcomes from a county-wide pilot of a specialised primary care clinic employing an original approach for patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS).Conditions with persistent bodily symptoms for which tests and scans etc. come back negative are termed MUS. Patients are generic, high health-utilising and for most there is no effective current treatment pathway. The solution is a proven service based on proof of concept, cost-effectiveness, and market research studies together with practice-based evidence from early adopters. The research was transferred from a university into a real-world primary care clinical service which has been delivering in two Clinical Commissioning Groups in a large county in England. Design/methodology/approach Clinical data calculated as reliable change from the various clinics were aggregated as practice-based evidence pre- and post-intervention via standardised measurements on anxiety, depression, symptom distress, functioning/activity and wellbeing. It is not a research paper. Findings At post-course the following percentages of people report reliable improvement when compared to pre-course: reductions in symptom distress 63% (39/62), anxiety 42% (13/31) and depression 35% (11/31); increases in activity levels 58% (18/31) and wellbeing 55% (17/31) and 70% felt that they had enough help to go forward re...
Source: Journal of Public Mental Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research