Dissociative Motor Disorder

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Conversion disorders are more prevalent in childhood and adolescence, especially in females. They are usually associated with stressors and symptoms usually reflect a means to avoid the stressor, or also with a primary and secondary gain. This case report involves a similar situation where a young girl was treated successfully with diazepam, therapeutic nerve conduction study, and behavioral psychotherapy.

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Matthew Weir, A. K. Mallik (2005)

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Somatization and conversion disorders: comorbidity and demographics at presentation.

K Tómasson, Alida Kent, W Coryell (1991)

Although somatization disorder and conversion disorder are linked in DSM-III and DSM-III-R, they have very different histories. To directly compare these disorders, we reviewed the records accrued for 2 years at a large medical center and identified 65 somatization disorder patients and 51 conversion disorder patients. They differed substantially. The large majority (78%) of conversion disorder patients and nearly all (95%) of the somatization disorder patients were women. Ages at onset occurred throughout the life span among conversion disorder patients but mostly before the age of 21 among the somatization disorder patients. Somatization disorder patients were more likely to have had a history of depression, attempted suicide, panic disorder and divorce.

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): Indian J Psychol Med

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Indian J Psychol Med

Journal ID (publisher-id): IJPsyM

Title: Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine

Publisher: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd (India )

ISSN (Print): 0253-7176

ISSN (Electronic): 0975-1564

Publication date (Print): Jan-Feb 2017

Volume: 39

Issue: 1

Pages: 99-101

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[1]Department of Psychiatry, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India

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Address for correspondence: Dr. Arya Jith Department of Psychiatry, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India. E-mail: aryaji2008@ 123456gmail.com

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Publisher ID: IJPsyM-39-99

DOI: 10.4103/0253-7176.198952

PMC ID: 5330002

SO-VID: 2c45d971-a0cf-4238-9145-e270d9e1af18

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Nerve conduction studies: essentials and pitfalls in practice.

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