Childhood experiences and personality traits in patients with motor conversion symptoms

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 288-295

  Binzer, M ^a,b   Eisemann, M ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ESBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Childhood experiences; Conversion disorder; Parental rearing; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; MALE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL ABUSE;

EID: 0031725284     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1998.tb10086.x     Document Type: Article

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