15 APPROACH TO CONVERSION DISORDER APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH CONVERSION DISORDER Patients with medically unexplained symptoms account for a significant proportion of neurological consultations.1 Such symptoms may include abnormal…
14 PSYCHIATRIC ISSUES IN TOURETTE SYNDROME INTRODUCTION Tourette syndrome (TS) is considered to be a neuropsychiatric illness. Studies have shown that up to 88% of individuals display psychiatric comorbidity or…
1 THE BODY LANGUAGE OF MOVEMENT DISORDERS Movement is controlled by a highly evolved and sophisticated system of interacting circuits in the nervous system that allow human thought to be…
11 THE PSYCHIATRIC ASSESSMENT INTRODUCTION Psychiatric disorders are frequently encountered in patients with movement disorders and often mask or exacerbate neurological complaints. Conducting a psychiatric interview can be a daunting…
Fig. 1 Health expenditures as a share of GDP, 2007 (OECD, 2009) Although there are concerns that one of the drivers of costs in the USA is that Americans are…
Stage Physical characteristics 1 Prepubertal 2 Breast budding, elevation of both breast and nipple as a small mound 3 Continued enlargement of both breast and areola without separation of their…
Mean (SD) Range Number of items Reliability α f Significance of age as covariate Gender main effects Mean by gender Female Male Community problem behavior 2.12 (1.02) 1–7 6…
Fig. 1 Example of how to use HRQOL measures at annual clinic visits. Comparisons of HRQOL and medical data Finally, if developed using modern measurement techniques (FDA, 2009; Schwarz &…
, Ron Paik1, Gloria Balague2, John Coumbe-Lilley2 and Mark R. Hutchinson1 (1) Department of Orthopaedics, University of Illinois, 835 South Wolcott, 270 Medical Sciences Building, Chicago, IL 60612, USA (2) University of Illinois at Chicago, 601…
