Medically Unexplained Symptoms: A Brain-Centered Approach

by Robert W Baloh

Despite the rapid advances in medical science, the majority of people who visit a doctor have medically unexplained symptoms (MUS), symptoms that remain a mystery despite extensive diagnostic studies. The most common MUS are back pain, abdominal pain, headache, fatigue, and dizziness.  This book addresses the obstacles of managing people with MUS in our modern day society from both a historical and contemporary perspective.

Most MUS are psychosomatic in origin, caused by a complex interaction between nature and nurture, between biological and psychosocial factors.  Psychosomatic symptoms are as real and as severe as the symptoms associated with structural damage to the brain.  Unique and concise, the book explores the biological and psychosocial mechanisms, the clinical features, and current and future treatments of common MUS. 

Exploring the unsolved in an accessible manner, Medically Unexplained Symptoms invokes the methodologies of medical science, history, and sociology to investigate how brain flaws can lead to debilitating symptoms. 

406 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 1, 2020

Reviews

[Stephen Taylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book turned out to be even more interesting than I might have suspected. Highly recommended.

I suspect most of the silent 1* reviews are from people who suffer from psychosomatic illnesses, but just don't like to be reminded that this is their nature, or who are in denial of this.

[Chloe McKee · Rating 5 out of 5]

So good! Definitely beneficial if you have at least a small amount of knowledge of medicine
So interesting though