title: [Functional abdominal pain in childhood].
abstract: Functional abdominal pain is one of the most common types of recurrent pediatric pain. This paper gives an overview of the etiopathogenesis, diagnostic criteria, and cognitive-behavioral intervention strategies for functional abdominal pain. It addresses the issues of organic causes, psychosocial stressors, and family and social conditions, as well as operant processes.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Klinische Psychologie und Rehabilitation, Universität Bremen, Grazer Strasse 6, 28359 Bremen, Deutschland. fpeterm@uni-bremen.de
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Petermann
authors.forename: I E
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Schulte
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004493:Education; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011379:Prognosis; D012008:Recurrence; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis