Psychogenic voice disorders - Heroes or hysterics? A brief overview with questions and discussion

Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 84-91

  Baker, Janet ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Feminism; Functional voice disorder; Gender bias; Hysterical conversion reaction; Mutational falsetto; Non organic dysphonia; Personality; Psychogenic voice disorder; Psychology; Puberphonia

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYSPHONIA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; LARYNX DISORDER; MALE; PERSONALITY; PHENOMENOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENIC DYSPHONIA; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINOLOGY; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 0036446556     PISSN: 14015439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/140154302760409310     Document Type: Review

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