Section I: The basics -- What is functional illness? -- How attitudes toward functional illness has changed over the years -- How does medical research deal with functional illness -- The role of the patient -- The approach of functional symptoms and how it differs from traditional approaches -- Psychological and social aspects of functional illness -- Decision-making in treatment of functional illness -- Basic Science related to functional symptoms -- Altered sensations -- Central sensitization and central sensitization syndromes -- Allodynia, hyperalgesia, dysgeusia, dysosmia, hyperacusis -- Stress and illness -- Environmental illness -- Section II: Specific symptoms -- Anxiety -- Depression -- Chronic pain syndromes: Neck pain, shoulder pain, ear pain, facial pain, generalized pain, myofascial pain and trigger points -- Dizziness -- Headaches -- Tinnitus -- Fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue -- Other symptoms -- Section III: Treatment -- Pharmacology of functional symptoms -- Medication side-effects and illness -- Alternative medical treatments -- Vitamins -- Diet.