Treatment of Conversion Disorder
Treatment of Conversion Disorder P. Rosebush Michael F. Mazurek ABSTRACT Over the course of 12 years, we have assessed and treated 45 patients with conversion disorder and have found that…
Natural History of Psychogenic Movement Disorders
Natural History of Psychogenic Movement Disorders Daniel T. Williams Blair Ford Stanley Fahn Marc Williams ABSTRACT The term “psychogenic-neuropsychiatric movement disorders” (PNMDs) is advocated here for two reasons. The first…
The Diagnosis and Physiology of Psychogenic Tremor
The Diagnosis and Physiology of Psychogenic Tremor Günther Deuschl Jan Raethjen Florian Kopper R. B. Govindan ABSTRACT Psychogenic tremor is a common movement disorder. We interpret the diagnostic criteria that…
Clinical Neurophysiology of Myoclonus
Clinical Neurophysiology of Myoclonus Peter Brown ABSTRACT Few tests are available that help in the positive diagnosis of psychogenic movement disorders. The presence of a readiness potential prior to muscle…
Role of Anesthesia in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Psychogenic Movement Disorders
Role of Anesthesia in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Psychogenic Movement Disorders Stanley Fahn ABSTRACT When a patient presents with fixed postural deformities that do not yield to passive manipulation…
The Sodium Amytal and Benzodiazepine Interview and Its Possible Application in Psychogenic Movement Disorders
The Sodium Amytal and Benzodiazepine Interview and Its Possible Application in Psychogenic Movement Disorders Susanne A. Schneider Kailash P. Bhatia ABSTRACT Sodium amytal, a medium-acting barbiturate, was first described in…
Hypnosis and Psychogenic Movement Disorders
Hypnosis and Psychogenic Movement Disorders John J. Barry ABSTRACT Many physicians have investigated hypnosis in the past for use in the diagnosis and treatment of movement disorders, especially those of…
Neuroimaging of Hysteria
Neuroimaging of Hysteria Gereon R. Fink Peter W. Halligan John C. Marshall ABSTRACT The potential of imaging the functional neuroanatomy of hysteria was first recognized in the closing decades of…
The Cognitive Executive Is Implicated in the Maintenance of Psychogenic Movement Disorders
The Cognitive Executive Is Implicated in the Maintenance of Psychogenic Movement Disorders Sean A. Spence ABSTRACT Psychogenic movement disorders (PMDs) comprise a range of functional abnormalities characterized by motor inconsistencies…
Consciousness
Consciousness Adam Zeman ABSTRACT The topic of consciousness is relevant to psychogenic movement disorders, both because of close conceptual links between consciousness and volition, and because our understanding of psychogenesis…
