A psychodynamic perspective on treatment of patients with conversion and other somatoform disorders

Psychodynamic Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 593-615

  Kaplan, Marcia J ^a,b,c  

^a Cincinnati Psychoanalytic Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONVERSION DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOANALYSIS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

ADULT; CONVERSION DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 84919462420     PISSN: 21622590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pdps.2014.42.4.593     Document Type: Article

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