Psychogenic Chest Pain in Children

Psychogenic Chest Pain in Children

Thirty-six children with psychogenic chest pain were studied. A specific stressful situation causally related to the onset of symptoms could be identified in most patients with psychogenic chest pain. Fifty-five per cent of children with psychogenic chest pain had a history of other recurrent somati...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical pediatrics 1981-12, Vol.20 (12), p.788-791
Hauptverfasser: Asnes, Russell S., Santulli, Robert, Bemporad, Jules R.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Male
Pain - etiology
Pain - psychology
Psychophysiologic Disorders - psychology
Sleep Wake Disorders - etiology
Sleep Wake Disorders - psychology
Stress, Psychological - complications
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Zusammenfassung:Thirty-six children with psychogenic chest pain were studied. A specific stressful situation causally related to the onset of symptoms could be identified in most patients with psychogenic chest pain. Fifty-five per cent of children with psychogenic chest pain had a history of other recurrent somatic com plaints and 30% had a history of significant sleep disturbances.
ISSN:0009-9228
1938-2707
DOI:10.1177/000992288102001206