Pseudoseizures, families, and unspeakable dilemmas

Psychosomatics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 144-153

  Griffith, James L ^a   Polles, Alexis ^a   Griffith, Melissa E ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FACTITIOUS DISEASE; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; LIAISON PSYCHIATRY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOSOMATICS; SEIZURE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOMATIZATION; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031979730     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3182(98)71361-1     Document Type: Article

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