607 Managing Chronic Symptoms

Nearly 30 % of Americans are bothered by chronic symptoms that don’t respond completely to medical treatment. Concern about such symptoms may alter the way people live. But changing the way they view their symptoms may allow them to stop being victims and reclaim their lives.
Guest: Arthur Barsky, MD, is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Director of Psychiatric Research at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is the author, with Emily Deans, MD, of Stop Being Your Symptoms and Start Being Yourself.