Anxiety Disorders and Abnormal Movements: A Darkly Interface Randolph B. Schiffer ABSTRACT The anxiety disorders are a heterogeneous group of neuropsychiatric syndromes characterized by nervousness, fearfulness, and psychomotor activation. Some…
Dissociation and Conversion in Psychogenic Illness Richard J. Brown ABSTRACT The concepts of dissociation and conversion have been central to theories of unexplained illness since the late 19th century. In…
The Role of Personality in Psychogenic Movement Disorders C. Robert Cloninger ABSTRACT The quantitative measurement of personality provides a rigorous quantitative approach to understanding the psychobiology of movement disorders. Individual…
Functional Paralysis and Sensory Disturbance Jon Stone Michael Sharpe ABSTRACT Paralysis or sensory loss unexplained by disease and often described as functional or psychogenic is a common clinical presentation, especially…
An Overview of the Psychiatric Approach to Conversion Disorder Fred Ovsiew ABSTRACT This overview of the psychiatry of conversion disorder addresses the reliability of the diagnosis and the psychiatric features…
Treatment and Outcome of Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures Ronald P. Lesser ABSTRACT Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) are episodes that resemble epileptic seizures but are due purely to the emotions. Their clinical…
Paroxysmal Psychogenic Movement Disorders Marie Vidailhet Frédéric Bourdain Philippe Nuss Jean-Marc Trocello ABSTRACT Paroxysmal psychogenic movement disorders are rare, but may be underdiagnosed because of two major limitations: the definition…
Pychogenic Gait: An Example of Deceptive Signaling John G. Morris Gregory Mark de Moore Marie Herberstein ABSTRACT Psychogenic gaits are characterized by a number of features (1): exaggerated effort or…
Psychogenic Parkinsonism John C. Morgan Kapil D. Sethi ABSTRACT Parkinson disease (PD) is characterized by bradykinesia, tremor, cogwheel rigidity, and, in later stages, postural instability. Bradykinesia is a requisite clinical…
Psychogenic Dystonia and Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Anette Schrag ABSTRACT Dystonia was for many years misdiagnosed as a psychogenic condition, leading to inappropriate management strategies in a considerable number of patients….
