Functional symptom

Functional symptom

A functional symptom refers to a medical symptom without an apparent cause (etiology) even after the completion of extensive diagnostic assessments. By default, a functional symptom often is judged to have causes that are neither physical nor physiological, but rather psychological or psychiatric.cite journal |author=Mayou R, Farmer A |title=ABC of psychological medicine: Functional somatic symptoms and syndromes |journal=BMJ |volume=325 |issue=7358 |pages=265–8 |year=2002 |pmid=12153926 |doi= |url=http://bmj.com/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=12153926]

An example is functional constipation, which may have psychological or psychiatric causes. However, anismus is an apparently functional constipation that may have a neurological basis.

References

External links

* [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1123778 Functional somatic symptoms and syndromes]
* [http://content.apa.org/journals/pst/44/3/354 Engagement in psychological treatment for functional neurological symptoms--Barriers and solutions]
* [http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/325/7359/323 Chronic multiple functional somatic symptoms]
* [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-2036.2005.02314.x?cookieSet=1 Functional symptoms in inflammatory bowel disease and their potential influence in misclassification of clinical status]


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