Psychogenic movement disorders in children: A report of 15 cases and a review of the literature

Movement Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1882-1888

  Schwingenschuh, Petra ^a,b   Pont Sunyer, Claustre ^a,c   Surtess, Robert ^d   Edwards, Mark J ^a   Bhatia, Kailash P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Conversion; Movement disorders; Pediatric; Psychogenic; Somatoform

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; BACLOFEN; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; COCODAMOL; DICLOFENAC; IBUPROFEN; LEVODOPA; TEMAZEPAM; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSION DISORDER; DRUG RESPONSE; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; LIFE STRESS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; ONSET AGE; PEDIATRIC REHABILITATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOGENIC MOVEMENT DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS;

EID: 57049106783     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22280     Document Type: Article

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