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Chapter 1. Overview of Medically Unexplained Symptoms.- Chapter 2. Early Ideas on Hysteria.-  Chapter 3. The Golden Age of Hysteria.- Chapter 4. Psychosomatic Illness in the 20th Century.-  Chapter 5. Biological Mechanisms of Psychosomatic Symptoms.- Chapter 6. Psychosocial Mechanisms of Psychosomatic Symptoms.- Chapter 7. Low Back Pain, Abdominal Pain and Headache.- Chapter 8. Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.- Chapter 9. Chronic Dizziness.- Chapter 10. Treatment of Psychosomatic Symptoms.

<p>Robert W. Baloh MD</p>

<p>Distinguished Professor of Neurology</p>

<p>David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA</p>

<p>Los Angeles, CA</p>

<p>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.&nbsp; This book addresses the obstacles of managing people with MUS in our modern day society from both a historical and contemporary perspective.</p><p>Most MUS are psychosomatic in origin, caused by a complex interaction between nature and nurture, between biological and psychosocial factors.&nbsp; Psychosomatic symptoms are as real and as severe as the symptoms associated with structural damage to the brain.&nbsp; Unique and concise, the book explores the biological and psychosocial mechanisms, the clinical features, and current and future treatments of common MUS.&nbsp;</p><p>Exploring the unsolved in an accessible manner,&nbsp;<i>Medically Unexplained Symptoms</i>&nbsp;invokes the methodologies ofmedical science, history, and sociology to investigate how brain flaws can lead to debilitating symptoms.&nbsp;</p>

Addresses the difficult problem of managing patients with medically unexplained symptoms Debunks the common misconception that psychosomatic symptoms are “all in the head” Takes a brain-centered approach for understanding the cause of symptoms