TY - CHAP
T1 - Introduction
AU - Payne, Helen
AU - Brooks, Susan
N1 - © 2025 Informa UK Limited. This is the accepted manuscript version of the introductory chapter of the book which has been published in final form at: https://www.routledge.com/Management-of-Distressing-Bodily-Symptoms-in-Health-The-BodyMind-Approach-using-a-Biopsychosocial-Model/Payne-Brooks/p/book/9781032608433
PY - 2025/7/22
Y1 - 2025/7/22
N2 - This introduction provides information on the historical background to the emergence of The BodyMind Approach (TBMA), why the first author became interested in medically unexplained symptoms (MUS), now subsumed under the new term body distress disorder (BDD) and a short biography of the second author. A brief impact statement is presented, after which definitions of the most relevant terms (MUS/BDD and TBMA) are offered as context. This is followed by the purpose of the book, what it covers, its audience and how to use it. Finally, we give an overview of the chapters and what they cover.
AB - This introduction provides information on the historical background to the emergence of The BodyMind Approach (TBMA), why the first author became interested in medically unexplained symptoms (MUS), now subsumed under the new term body distress disorder (BDD) and a short biography of the second author. A brief impact statement is presented, after which definitions of the most relevant terms (MUS/BDD and TBMA) are offered as context. This is followed by the purpose of the book, what it covers, its audience and how to use it. Finally, we give an overview of the chapters and what they cover.
UR - https://www.routledge.com/Management-of-Distressing-Bodily-Symptoms-in-Health-The-BodyMind-Approach-using-a-Biopsychosocial-Model/Payne-Brooks/p/book/9781032608433
M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)
SN - 9781032608433
BT - Management of Distressing Bodily Symptoms in Health: The BodyMind Approach using a Biopsychosocial Model
PB - Routledge
ER -