Diagnosis, symptoms and course of psychogenic tremor;DIAGNOSE, SYMPTOMATIK UND VERLAUF DES PSYCHOGENEN TREMORS

Nervenarzt

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 198-204

  Scheidt, C E ^a,b   Koster B ^a   Deuschl, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

clinical picture; conversion disorder; course; diagnostic criteria; psychogenic tremor; validity of the conversion concept

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOGENESIS; TREMOR;

ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; CONVERSION DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY DISORDER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SICK ROLE; TREMOR;

EID: 0029864752     PISSN: 00282804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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