Polysymptomatic conversion disorder in childhood and adolescence in Japan

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 132-136

  Murase, Satomi ^a   Sugiyama, Toshiro ^c   Ishii, Takashi ^b   Wakako, Rie ^d   Ohta, Tatsuro ^b  

^a CHUKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Aichi Prefectural Colony Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Childhood and adolescence; Conversion disorder; Prognosis; Somatization disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; JAPAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOMATIZATION;

EID: 0034002020     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000012381     Document Type: Article

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