Should conversion disorder be reclassified as a dissociative disorder in DSM-V?

Psychosomatics

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 369-378

  Brown, Richard J ^a   Cardeña, Etzel ^b   Nijenhuis, Ellert ^b   Sar, Vedat ^b   Van Der Hart, Onno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION DISORDER; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 34548257290     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.48.5.369     Document Type: Review

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