PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Mujtaba Husain
AU  - Trudie Chalder
TI  - Medically unexplained symptoms: assessment and management
AID  - 10.7861/clinmed.2020-0947
DP  - 2021 Jan 01
TA  - Clinical Medicine
PG  - 13--18
VI  - 21
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/21/1/13.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/21/1/13.full
SO  - Clin Med2021 Jan 01; 21
AB  - Medically unexplained symptoms or persistent physical symptoms are common, real and are associated with significant distress, loss of functioning and high healthcare costs. History, examination and appropriate investigations are essential to make a diagnosis. Once the diagnosis has been made, exploring the impact of the symptoms helps us to tailor our advice to patients. This paper sets out a practical approach to taking a history, assessment and stepwise management principles.