[Multidisciplinary care of an adolescent with somatic disorders]

Abstract

Theo's clinical observation illustrates the management of a 14-year-old adolescent with unexplained somatic symptoms. His symptoms can be integrated into what the classification of mental illnesses calls a somatic symptom disorder, with a depressive comorbidity. The description of the care pathway shows the gradual acceptance of psychological suffering by the adolescent and his parents in a service where different professionals are involved, with sufficient time for a good therapeutic alliance to be built.

Keywords: adolescence; alliance thérapeutique; management; multidisciplinarity; multidisciplinarité; prise en charge; somatic symptom disorder; therapeutic alliance; trouble à symptôme somatique.