Functional Disorders

Question 1

What are functional symptoms?

Answer 1

Symptoms that a patient may experience that have no classical organic disease process AKA make no sense

Question 2

What is the most important part of management?

Answer 2

Your approach

• make sure patients feel listened to and understand that you believe their symptoms
• let them know that is themselves that need to get better
• they need encouragement

Question 3

What can be done if encouragement to get better doesn’t work?

Answer 3

Treat co-morbid conditions
CBT
Tricyclic antidepressants - IF needed