'Hysteria' today and tomorrow

Hysteria: The Rise of an Enigma

Volumn 35, Issue , 2014, Pages 198-204

  LaFrance, W Curt ^a,b  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTORY; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; TRENDS;

CONVERSION DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; HYSTERIA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 84925946136     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1159/000360064     Document Type: Chapter

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