TY - JOUR
T1 - Retreating From Life
T2 - The Boy Whose Body Experienced His Pain
AU - Harwood, Anna
AU - Shalev, Amit
AU - Ben-Shaul, Sharon
AU - Meir, Rachel
AU - Kiansky, Ela
AU - Horn, Keren
AU - Deitcher, Chane
AU - Dror, Sima
AU - Galili, Esti
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2018.
PY - 2018/12/1
Y1 - 2018/12/1
N2 - The expression of psychological distress through somatic symptoms is most prevalent among children. Somatic symptom disorders represent a difficult category of disorders to treat and they are often misdiagnosed due to their physical symptomology and dismissed due to their malingering stigma. The current case report follows the treatment of David, a 10-year-old Caucasian male, admitted into the pediatric psychiatric ward of a general hospital, uncommunicative, showing little signs of responsiveness, and dependent on nursing staff for basic needs. Following a complex treatment protocol which integrated key elements of psychodynamic and cognitive-behavior (CBT) treatment recommendations for somatic disorders, David was discharged after 6 months as an inpatient. This in-depth case study provides a synthesis of the varied research on somatic symptom disorders and an acute understanding of how to combine the understanding of complex family dynamics and individual personality structure with empirically reinforced treatment strategies.
AB - The expression of psychological distress through somatic symptoms is most prevalent among children. Somatic symptom disorders represent a difficult category of disorders to treat and they are often misdiagnosed due to their physical symptomology and dismissed due to their malingering stigma. The current case report follows the treatment of David, a 10-year-old Caucasian male, admitted into the pediatric psychiatric ward of a general hospital, uncommunicative, showing little signs of responsiveness, and dependent on nursing staff for basic needs. Following a complex treatment protocol which integrated key elements of psychodynamic and cognitive-behavior (CBT) treatment recommendations for somatic disorders, David was discharged after 6 months as an inpatient. This in-depth case study provides a synthesis of the varied research on somatic symptom disorders and an acute understanding of how to combine the understanding of complex family dynamics and individual personality structure with empirically reinforced treatment strategies.
KW - child psychiatry
KW - chronic fatigue
KW - integrative therapy
KW - somatic symptom disorder
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85053288598&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1534650118793969
DO - 10.1177/1534650118793969
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AN - SCOPUS:85053288598
SN - 1534-6501
VL - 17
SP - 406
EP - 424
JO - Clinical Case Studies
JF - Clinical Case Studies
IS - 6
ER -
