Resilience linked to personality dimensions, alexithymia and affective symptoms in motor functional neurological disorders

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 107, Issue , 2018, Pages 55-61

  Jalilianhasanpour, Rozita ^a   Williams, Benjamin ^a   Gilman, Isabelle ^a   Burke, Matthew J ^b   Glass, Sean ^a   Fricchione, Gregory L ^a   Keshavan, Matcheri S ^b   LaFrance, W Curt ^c   Perez, David L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conversion disorder; Functional movement disorders; Personality; Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE; COMPLICATION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PERSONALITY; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85042265241     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2018.02.005     Document Type: Article

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