• Epistemological and methodological paradoxes: secondary care specialists and their challenges working with adolescents with medically unexplained symptoms 

      Østbye, Silje Vagli; Wang, Catharina Elisabeth Arfwedson; Granheim, Ida Pauline Høilo; Kristensen, Kjersti Elisabeth; Risør, Mette Bech (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-09-24)
      <p><i>Background</i>: Early adolescence is considered a critical period for the development of chronic and recurrent medically unexplained symptoms (MUS), and referrals and system-initiated patient trajectories often lead to an excess of examinations and hospitalizations in the cross-section between mental and somatic specialist care for this group of patients. Dimensions of the relationship and ...
    • ‘Not a film about my slackness’: Making sense of medically unexplained illness in youth using collaborative visual methods 

      Østbye, Silje Vagli; Kvamme, Maria Fredriksen; Wang, Catharina Elisabeth Arfwedson; Haavind, Hanne; Waage, Trond; Risør, Mette Bech (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-07-06)
      Persistent medically unexplained symptoms have debilitating consequences for adolescents, dramatically altering their social world and future aspirations. Few studies have focused on social and moral aspects of illness experience relevant to adolescents. In this study, the aim is to explore these aspects in depth by focusing on a single case and to address how young people attempt to create social ...
    • Terrains of Uncertainty. Communicative Challenges of Medically Unexplained Illness in Youth 

      Østbye, Silje Vagli (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2020-09-29)
      Persistent bodily symptoms without medical clarity creates many layers of uncertainty both for health professionals and for patients. In primary care, research has shown that clinical encounters of medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) are highly contentious, sometimes causing adverse effects. However, little is known about communicative challenges for adolescents in specialist health care settings; ...