What is it about?

This article explores both patients and the facilitators views of the process of the groups aimed at supporting people with bodily symptoms which appear to have no medical explanation (such as headaches; backache; fibromyalgia; ME; IBS; chrinic pain; skin conditions; tinnitus; palpitations and more). The research found no significant differences in the perceptions of what went on in the groups desite each group being different in nature. The treatment was beneficial to patients.

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Why is it important?

The research was unique in comparing facilitator and patient evaluations of the programme of intervention for group work with patients with medically unexplained symptoms. It is a timely intervention as patients tend to have a physical explanation for their symptoms rather than a psychological one so rarely attend cognitive behavioural therapy. Furthermore, the treatment fits with the initiative to support the mental wellbeing of those with long term conditions of which chronic MUS is one.

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This page is a summary of: Pilot study to evaluate Dance Movement Psychotherapy (the BodyMind Approach) in patients with medically unexplained symptoms: Participant and facilitator perceptions and a summary discussion, Body Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy, August 2009, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/17432970902918008.
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