Abstract
Chronic or recurrent abdominal pain is common among children and adolescents and can present as a psychiatric symptom in clinical settings. One of the reasons of recurrent abdominal pain is Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF). It is suggested that FMF can be classified under the diagnostic heading of psychosomatic disorders. Somatic symptoms in children may significantly affect family dynamics and parents may become overprotective towards their children. On the other hand, it’s well known that parental psychopathology and family dynamics might be the reason of somatic symptoms in the child. Thus, there’s a reciprocal relationship between the child’s symptoms and the family as a system. We aim to discuss the complex parent-child interaction together with a somatic symptom in the context of possible parental psychopathology and family dynamics in a child who had a previous diagnosis of FMF.
Keywords: Child, abdominal pain, family, psychopathology
