Specialist inpatient treatment for severe motor conversion disorder: A retrospective comparative study

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 893-898

  McCormack, Ruaidhri ^a,b   Moriarty, John ^a   Mellers, John D ^a   Shotbolt, Paul ^a   Pastena, Rosa ^a   Landes, Nadine ^a   Goldstein, Laura ^a   Fleminger, Simon ^a   David, Anthony S ^b  

^a SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVERSION DISORDER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR CONVERSION DISORDER; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY UNIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL WORKER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REHABILITATION; RISK FACTOR; SPECIALIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; REHABILITATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONVERSION DISORDER; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPECIALIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904178247     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2013-305716     Document Type: Article

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