Initial assessment of patients with putative functional disorders in medical settings
Peter Tyrer, Charles Fox, Catherine Gardiner, Roger Mulder and Helen Tyrer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2020-0832
Clin Med January 2021 Peter Tyrer
AImperial College London, London, UK
Roles: emeritus professor of community psychiatry
Charles Fox
BUniversity of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Roles: honorary lecturer
Catherine Gardiner
CRiverside Medical Practice, Rochester, UK
Roles: general practioner
Roger Mulder
DUniversity of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
Roles: professor of psychological medicine
Helen Tyrer
EImperial College London, London, UK
Roles: senior clinical research fellow
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vol. 21 no. 1 8-12
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- Published online January 21, 2021.
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- Peter Tyrer, emeritus professor of community psychiatryA,
- Charles Fox, honorary lecturerB,
- Catherine Gardiner, general practionerC,
- Roger Mulder, professor of psychological medicineD and
- Helen Tyrer, senior clinical research fellowE⇑
- AImperial College London, London, UK
- BUniversity of Leicester, Leicester, UK
- CRiverside Medical Practice, Rochester, UK
- DUniversity of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
- EImperial College London, London, UK
- Address for correspondence: Prof Peter Tyrer, Division of Psychiatry, Imperial College London, 7th Floor, Commonwealth Building, Hammersmith Hospital, London W12 0NN, UK. Email: p.tyrer{at}imperial.ac.uk
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Initial assessment of patients with putative functional disorders in medical settings
Peter Tyrer, Charles Fox, Catherine Gardiner, Roger Mulder, Helen Tyrer
Clinical Medicine Jan 2021, 21 (1) 8-12; DOI: 10.7861/clinmed.2020-0832
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- Initial assessment of referral letters
- Maximising the value of the medical and nursing interview
- Action after initial interview
- Role of clinical support nurse
- Explaining functional disorders to patients
- Why reassurance seldom works
- Psychological treatments
- Psychiatric input
- Follow-up
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