Treatment of conversion disorder in the 21st century: Have we moved beyond the couch?

Current Treatment Options in Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 255-266

  Rosebush, Patricia I ^a   Mazurek, Michael F ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; CATATONIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONVERSION DISORDER; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; MALINGERING; NARCOTHERAPY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; REVIEW; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 79955847740     PISSN: 10928480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11940-011-0124-y     Document Type: Review

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