Treating Somatic Symptoms in Children and Adolescents

1. Treating Children with Somatic Symptoms

2. Describing Somatic Symptoms

3. The Biopsychosocial Model of Somatic Symptoms

II. Assessment and Education

4. Assessment

5. Education

III. Intervention

6. Level One: Physical Factors

7. Level Two: Emotional and Behavioral Factors

8. Level Three: Cognitive Strategies

IV. Collaboration

9. Parents and Community

10. School

11. Health Care Colleagues

12. Summary, Challenges, and Successes

Appendix. Reproducible Materials

References