Overview
Addresses the difficult problem of managing patients with medically unexplained symptoms
Debunks the common misconception that psychosomatic symptoms are “all in the head”
Takes a brain-centered approach for understanding the cause of symptoms
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Despite the rapid advances in medical science, the majority of people who visit a doctor have medically unexplained symptoms (MUS), symptoms that remain a mystery despite extensive diagnostic studies. The most common MUS are back pain, abdominal pain, headache, fatigue, and dizziness. This book addresses the obstacles of managing people with MUS in our modern day society from both a historical and contemporary perspective.
Most MUS are psychosomatic in origin, caused by a complex interaction between nature and nurture, between biological and psychosocial factors. Psychosomatic symptoms are as real and as severe as the symptoms associated with structural damage to the brain. Unique and concise, the book explores the biological and psychosocial mechanisms, the clinical features, and current and future treatments of common MUS.
Exploring the unsolved in an accessible manner, Medically Unexplained Symptoms invokes the methodologies of medical science, history, and sociology to investigate how brain flaws can lead to debilitating symptoms.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Robert W. Baloh MD
Distinguished Professor of Neurology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Medically Unexplained Symptoms
Book Subtitle: A Brain-Centered Approach
Authors: Robert W. Baloh
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59181-6
Publisher: Copernicus Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-59180-9Published: 02 December 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-59181-6Published: 01 December 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 204
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Psychosomatic Medicine, Neurology, Medicine/Public Health, general