Issues for DSM-5: Conversion disorder

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 626-627

  Stone, Jon ^b   Lafrance Jr , W Curt ^b   Levenson, James L ^a   Michael, Sharpe ^a  

^a DSM 5 Somatoform Disorders Work Group   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS V; EDITORIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; NEUROIMAGING; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CONVERSION DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREMOR;

EID: 77952977566     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.09101440     Document Type: Editorial

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