“…Multiple studies specified somatic symptoms could occur during school hours (16,66,71,77,80,94,102,105,113,114,121,122), whereas another one stated that somatic symptoms disappeared once the child was settled at school (57). Somatic symptoms disappeared if the patient could stay or return home, or during weekends and holidays (26,31,34,46,51,53,57,61,66,71,75,77,93,95,99,109,113,123,124). One study pointed to a link between symptoms and mother-child separation (101).…”