The Bodysymptoms Ireland team have been at Beaumont Hospital asking healthcare professionals about functional symptoms
The videos they’ve gathered reflect a real range of views — we kow that not everything said in them reflects the way we talk about functional symptoms in the rest of the website.
We’re sharing them because we know that healthcare professionals’ understanding of persistent physical symptoms varies widely, and that this can sometimes be surprising or even frustrating to encounter. We hope that seeing this range of perspectives helps you feel a little more prepared when you visit different clinics and treatment settings.
Our thanks to all the doctors and therapists that appear in the videos below.
Siobhan MacHale talks about her role in the hospital team as a brain-body doctor.
Roisin Vance talks about physiotherapy for functional symptoms
Richard Costello talks about mind-body symptoms in the respiratory clinic.
Khairin Khalib talks about functional symptoms of allergy.
Paul O’Connell talks about how he approaches common symptoms in the rheumatology clinic.
Leslie Doyle talks about functional speech and swallowing problems.
David Moore talks about his approach to chronic pain
Aoife Laffan discusses functional neurological symptoms (FND).