The project involves researching two psychological treatments for functional abdominal pain in children. The treatments will be offered to children as an early intervention, at primary care level. The study will aim to find out if the treatments are effective and which children the different treatments are effective for.
Eligible participants are children and young people aged 8-14.
Diagnosed with functional abdominal pain disorders by their physician.
Diagnosed at one of the participating primary care health centres.
Children and young people with scores above the clinical cut-off on the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS).
Children who do not follow the mainstream Swedish National Curriculum due to learning disabilities.