Multidisciplinary assessment and diagnosis of conversion disorder in a patient with foreign accent syndrome

Behavioural Neurology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 245-255

  Jones, Harrison N ^a   Story, Tyler J ^a,b   Collins, Timothy A ^a   DeJoy, Daniel ^b   Edwards, Christopher L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

case study; conversion disorder; Foreign accent syndrome; neuropsychological assessment; speech disorders

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DULOXETINE; HYDROCODONE; IBUPROFEN; NAPROXEN; SUMATRIPTAN; TOPIRAMATE; ZOLPIDEM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DAILY HEADACHE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONVERSION DISORDER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSARTHRIA; EMERGENCY WARD; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN ACCENT SYNDROME; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING DISORDER; MEMORY DISORDER; MIGRAINE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUTISM; NAUSEA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHONOPHOBIA; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPASMODIC DYSPHONIA; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH THERAPY; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; TENDON REFLEX; THORAX PAIN; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING; WEAKNESS; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE; WEIGHT BEARING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 80052645082     PISSN: 09534180     EISSN: 18758584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/BEN-2011-0332     Document Type: Article

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