RECAPlite (Resilience in Children and Adolescents with Psychosomatic Symptoms lite) Video

RECAPlite video – a self-help video for young people with somatic symptoms. All emotions have a physical component and can be expressed in our bodies (e.g. blood rush when angry/embarrassed). Somatic symptoms are physical symptoms stemming from stress. The most common somatic symptoms are stomachaches, chest pain and headaches. It is important to seek advice from a doctor before considering if symptoms are somatic in nature. KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital has developed a self-help video for mild somatic symptoms. It explains in detail how somatic symptoms can surface and what young people and their parents/carers can do to help. A doctor may suggest referral to a counsellor or psychologist for more severe/ prolonged somatic symptoms.