Conversion disorder

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 163, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1510-1517

  Stonnington, Cynthia M ^a   Barry, John J ^b   Fisher, Robert S ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIPIPRAZOLE; BENZATROPINE; CITALOPRAM; CLONAZEPAM; CLOPIDOGREL; ESCITALOPRAM; FEXOFENADINE; GABAPENTIN; LEVOTHYROXINE SODIUM; LORAZEPAM; NIFEDIPINE;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONVERSION DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MUSIC; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REMISSION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; STRESS; STROKE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; TREMOR;

EID: 33749048316     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.2006.163.9.1510     Document Type: Conference Paper

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