Illness perceptions of youths with functional disorders and their parents: An interpretative phenomenological analysis study.

Ditte Roth Hulgaard Charlotte Ulrikka RaskMette Bech RisorGitte Dehlholm

Published in: Clinical child psychology and psychiatry (2019)

The label 'functional disorder' was poorly integrated in the illness perceptions of the youths and their parents. Participants used a monocausal and typically physical explanation rather than a multicausal biopsychosocial explanation for their symptoms.

Keyphrases

healthcare
primary care
mental health
physical activity
depressive symptoms
sleep quality