Neurologists' understanding and management of conversion disorder

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 961-966

  Kanaan, Richard A ^a   Armstrong, David ^a   Wessely, Simon Charles ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONVERSION DISORDER; DECEPTION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEIGNING; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIST; NEUROLOGY; PARALYSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SEIZURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; CONVERSION DISORDER; FEMALE; FREUDIAN THEORY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MALINGERING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROLOGY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 80051546560     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2010.233114     Document Type: Article

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