Conversion symptoms: What can we learn from previous studies?

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 143-152

  Binzer, Michael ^a,b   Kullgren, Gunnar ^b  

^a Umeå University ^*  (Denmark)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conversion disorder; DSM IV; Review of research; Somatoform disorders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS;

EID: 0029887841     PISSN: 08039496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08039489609081401     Document Type: Article

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