Psychogenic disorders: The need to speak plainly

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 753-755

  Friedman, Joseph H ^a,b   LaFrance Jr , W Curt ^b  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NOTE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; PSYCHOGENIC PSYCHOSIS; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

HUMANS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; SEIZURES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 77953639696     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2010.91     Document Type: Note

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