This study aims to describe the course of successive care events that follow individuals with somatic symptom disorder until they are assessed by a specialized multidisciplinary team. Data is collected during interviews with subjects aged 12 to 25 years old accompanied by their parents. A biographical grid is used to retrospectively identify all care events that occurred from first symptoms until multidisciplinary assessment. Life events and symptoms are collected as well to explore how history of healthcare consumption is linked to other trajectories. A qualitative analysis of the recorded interviews aims to describe the subjective experience of this healthcare pathway.
Age between 12 and 25 years old
Diagnosis of somatic symptom disorder and derivatives (DSM 5) after specialized multidisciplinary evaluation by the team of the Maison des Adolescents of Cochin hospital (Maison de Solenn).
Age less than 12 years or greater than 25 years at the time of assessment,
Subject presenting ongoing psychiatric decompensation, that is to say a state of mental health breaking with their baseline state and requiring rapid care which does not allow a research interview to be carried out.
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Lead sponsor
URC-CIC Paris Descartes Necker Cochin
Collaborator