"Somatic symptom disorders" in adolescence. A systematic review of the recent literature

CONCLUSIONS: Only nine articles included "somatic symptom disorder" in their titles, despite a terminology valued by many authors (compared to "somatoform disorders" from the DSM-IV). The heterogeneity of terminologies, case reports and explanatory models witness a lack of connexions between medical specialties. This could explain in part the wandering of adolescents and their families in the health care system. It could also contribute to the delay before diagnosis, especially when neurological symptoms exist, and a late referral for psychiatric consultation. Further studies are needed to understand difficulties to use a clinical pathway among medical specialties, when the benefit of amultidisciplinary approach seems to be unanimous.PMID:34538623 | DOI:10.1016/j.encep.2021.04.007

Source: L Encephale - September 20, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: M Ludot M Merlo N Ibrahim M-A Piot H Lef èvre M-E Carles A Harf M R Moro Source Type: research