A randomised controlled clinical trial on the additional effect of hypnosis in a comprehensive treatment programme for in-patients with conversion disorder of the motor type

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 66-76

  Moene, Franny C ^a,e   Spinhoven, Philip ^b   Hoogduin, Kees A L ^c   Van Dyck, Richard ^d  

^a De Grote Rivieren   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e Organization for Mental Health   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Controlled; Conversion disorder (motor); Hypnosis; Movement disorder; Psychogenic motor symptoms; Randomised; Somatisation disorder; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; HYSTERIA; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONVERSION DISORDER; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036182658     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000049348     Document Type: Article

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