Conversion disorder and mass psychogenic illness in child neurology

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1304, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-44

  Mink, Jonathan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Mass hysteria; Psychogenic movement disorder; Somatoform disorders; Tics

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONVERSION DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DSM-IV-TR; HUMAN; MASS PSYCHOGENIC ILLNESS; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REINFORCEMENT; UNITED STATES; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84888440551     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12298     Document Type: Article

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