Behavioural interventions in the rehabilitation of acute v. chronic non-organic (conversion/factitious) motor disorders

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 185, Issue AUG., 2004, Pages 140-146

  Shapiro, Allan P ^a,b   Teasell, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSION DISORDER; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONVERSION DISORDER; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FACTITIOUS DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4043096874     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.185.2.140     Document Type: Article

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