Childhood Non-Specific Abdominal Pain in General Practice: Course and Relation with Mental Health Problems

textabstractAbdominal pain is one of the most common complaints amongst children. Depending on age and the definition used, open population and school based studies have reported a prevalence of chronic abdominal pain ranging from 0.5% to 19.2%. Approximately 57% of the children and adolescents (from now on referred to as children) with chronic abdominal pain consult a physician with regard to this complaint. Usually no organic abnormalities are found explaining chronic abdominal pain