This Month in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
Abstract
Physical and Emotional Health of Mothers of Youth With Functional Abdominal Pain Recurrent abdominal pain is a common pediatric problem encountered in the office setting. The great majority of these children have functional abdominal pain and have higher rates of anxiety and depressive and other somatic symptoms than unaffected youth. This study compared mothers of youth aged 8 to 15 years with functional abdominal pain with mothers of pain-free controls. Mothers of children with functional...