Patterns of referral in patients with medically unexplained motor symptoms

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 217-219

  Crimlisk, Helen L ^a   Bhatia, Kailash P ^a   Cope, Helen ^b   David, Anthony S ^b   Marsden, David ^a   Ron, Maria A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conversion disorder; Referrals; Symptom attribution

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CONSULTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY; CONVERSION DISORDER; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEUROLOGY; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHIATRY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 0034528693     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(00)00167-7     Document Type: Article

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