Misdiagnosis of chronic pain as hysterical

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 201-222

  Shapiro, Allan P ^a   Teasell, Robert W ^b  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Conversion; Diagnosis; DSM; Fibromyalgia; Hysteria; Myofascial pain

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC PAIN; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

EID: 0030903354     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-8135(96)00224-7     Document Type: Review

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