Functional somatic syndromes.

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Letters15 February 2000Functional Somatic SyndromesArthur J. Barsky, MD and Jonathan F. Borus, MDArthur J. Barsky, MDBrigham and Women's Hospital; Boston, MA 02115 (Barsky)Brigham and Women's Hospital; Boston, MA 02115 (Borus)Search for more papers by this author and Jonathan F. Borus, MDBrigham and Women's Hospital; Boston, MA 02115 (Barsky)Brigham and Women's Hospital; Boston, MA 02115 (Borus)Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-132-4-200002150-00023 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail IN RESPONSE:The correspondents make many different points, but several common themes emerge. The first is that our review failed to include evidence of demonstrable medical causes for some of the functional somatic syndromes. A review of such evidence was tangential to the main point of our report, which was that psychosocial factors and symptom amplifiers compound, perpetuate, and intensify symptoms that result from a variety of causes and that they make symptom relief more difficult to attain. We specifically did not assert that these psychosocial factors initiate the symptoms or are necessarily their primary cause. As we suggested in ... Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Brigham and Women's Hospital; Boston, MA 02115 (Barsky)Brigham and Women's Hospital; Boston, MA 02115 (Borus) PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoFunctional Somatic Syndromes Arthur J. Barsky and Jonathan F. Borus Functional Somatic Syndromes Terry E. Hedrick Functional Somatic Syndromes James McSherry Functional Somatic Syndromes Kenneth Clemenger Functional Somatic Syndromes Allan Clemenger Functional Somatic Syndromes Ellen Goudsmit Functional Somatic Syndromes Melody Heard Functional Somatic Syndromes Frank Albrecht Functional Somatic Syndromes Thomas L. English Functional Somatic Syndromes Thomas L. Kurt Metrics Cited ByMedically unexplained physical symptoms in medical practice: a psychiatric perspective. 15 February 2000Volume 132, Issue 4Page: 329-330KeywordsBehaviorCardiovascular therapyDisabilitiesEmotionsMedical conditionsMotivationPsychologyPsychosocial stress Issue Published: 15 February 2000 CopyrightCopyright © 2000 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF DownloadLoading ...