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This article presents an overview of the literature and a rationale for a pilot study methodology. The treatment intervention using The BodyMind Approach is described as applied to people with chronic medically unexplained symptoms.

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This article introduces a treatment intervention which links the body with the mind for people with chronic bodily symptoms which do not appear to have a medicaly explanation. It provides a literature review, a methodology and a conceptual framework for a pilot study to evaluate the effectiveness of the group treatment approach. it is the first step into the application of an intervention addressing the physical, embodied patient experience of their symptoms.

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This page is a summary of: The BodyMind Approach (BMA) to psychotherapeutic groupwork with patients with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS): A review of the literature, description of approach and methodology for a pilot study, European Journal of Psychotherapy & Counselling, September 2009, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/13642530903230392.
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