Journal article
Treatment of Conversion Disorder in the 21st Century: Have We Moved Beyond the Couch?
Abstract
Opinion statementConversion disorder (CD) is classified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for psychiatry as a subtype of Somatoform Disorders. CD patients present with a wide range of neurologic signs and symptoms and are typically referred to psychiatry after investigations fail to yield a medical or neurologic diagnosis that can adequately explain their disability. The cause of CD is unknown and the underlying brain mechanisms remain …
Authors
Rosebush PI; Mazurek MF
Journal
Current Treatment Options in Neurology, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 255–266
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
June 2011
DOI
10.1007/s11940-011-0124-y
ISSN
1092-8480