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Chronic fatigue syndrome in children and adolescents

General practitioners' experience of the problem and their views about its treatment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Josephine Richards  and
Frank Smith
Josephine Richards
Affiliation:
Section of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Frank Smith*
Affiliation:
General Practice and Primary Care, Section of Child Mental Health, Department of General Psychiatry, Jenner Wing, St George's Hospital Medical School Cranmer Terrace, Tooting, London SW17 0RE
*
∗Correspondence
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General practitioners in a south London health authority were sent a questionnaire about their experience and views concerning the treatment of childhood chronic fatigue syndrome. Most thought childhood chronic fatigue syndrome had a significant psychological component, but opinion was divided over referral to a psychiatrist. The involvement of self-help organisations was supported but the place of rest and exercise unclear. The optimum primary care management of childhood chronic fatigue syndrome needs to be established.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , April 1998 , pp. 203 - 206
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Copyright © 1998 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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See editorial pp. 193–194 and 198–202, this issue.

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