title: Functional somatic syndromes.
abstract: Common medical disorders that fail to achieve proportionate clinical or research attention are usually complex, hidden or stigmatized. Functional somatic syndromes are all three of these, complicated further by ongoing disagreements about terminology and diagnostic criteria.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Byrne
mesh_terms: D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D013577:Syndrome