How "psychogenic" are psychogenic movement disorders?

Movement Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1787-1788

  Stone, Jon ^a   Edwards, Mark J ^b  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ANXIETY; CHILD ABUSE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDITORIAL; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FOCAL DYSTONIA; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENIC MOVEMENT DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY;

EID: 80052263114     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23882     Document Type: Editorial

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