Psychogenic Basis for Abdominal Pain in Children and Adolescents

Abby L. Wasserman; Peter F. Whitington; Frederick P. Rivara

doi:10.1097/00004583-198803000-00008

Psychogenic Basis for Abdominal Pain in Children and Adolescents

Abby L. Wasserman, Peter F. Whitington, Frederick P. Rivara

Pediatrics

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Eighteen girls and 13 boys, referred to a pediatrie gastroenterology clinic for recurrent abdominal pain, were compared with matched classroom control subjects on measures of school functioning, family environment, life events, and social and behavioral traits. All patients and their parents were interviewed by a child psychiatrist. This disorder was found more often in anxious, internalizing children who had been exposed to traumatic events and whose family members had a history of abdominal pain. The persistence of this disorder in most patients over a mean 9.5-month follow-up period suggests that methods for dealing with anxiety would be beneficial to these children. J. Am. Acad. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry, 1988, 27, 2:179–184.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	179-184
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume	27
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/00004583-198803000-00008
State	Published - 1988

Keywords

abdominal pain
anxiety
depression
trauma

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Psychiatry and Mental health
Developmental and Educational Psychology

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