Psychophysiologic Disorders - Diagnosis
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Psychogenic movement disorders.

30 Jul 2009 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review summarizes the progress made in the area of psychogenic movement disorders (PMDs) over the past 2 years, and a simplified classification of diagnostic certainty is proposed that incorporates electrophysiological ... Read more...

Opinions and clinical practices related to diagnosing and managing patients with psychogenic movement disorders: An international survey of movement disorder society members.

13 Jul 2009 Five hundred and nineteen members of the Movement Disorder Society completed a 22-item questionnaire probing diagnostic and management issues in psychogenic movement disorders (PMD). When patients showed definite evidence of PMD with no other ... Read more...

Psychogenic syncope? A cautionary note.

29 Jun 2009 INTRODUCTION: In some patients with recurrent syncope, the etiology may remain unclear despite extensive evaluation. These patients may sometimes be labeled as having a "psychogenic" cause for their syncope. METHODS: We report on three patients with ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Psychophysiologic Disorders - Diagnosis'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Unclear conditions--common mechanisms?] 11 Aug 2009
• Movement disorders: Psychogenic movement disorders: what do neurologists do? 30 Jul 2009
• Psychogenic movement disorders. 30 Jul 2009
• Opinions and clinical practices related to diagnosing and managing patients with psychogenic movement disorders: An international survey of movement disorder society members. 13 Jul 2009
• Psychogenic syncope? A cautionary note. 29 Jun 2009
• [Interaction of somatopsychic and psychosomatic factors: the psyche also requires care] 29 Jun 2009
• Autoerythrocyte sensitization syndrome with vertigo and hemilateral auditory impairment. 29 Jun 2009
• Bulimia and cough: psychogenic or organic? 18 Jun 2009
• Psychogenic paroxysmal dyskinesia: the role of placebo in the diagnosis and management. 13 Jun 2009
• [Psychological aspects of psychosomatic pathology of large intestine] 30 May 2009
• Psychogenic tremor in a patient with a major depressive episode. 30 May 2009
• [The "Interview for evaluation of the psychosocial dimensions of capability performance"--a systematic add-on instrument for the expert assessment of work capacity] 30 May 2009
• Pain responses in repeated end-range spinal movements and psychological factors in sick-listed patients with low back pain: is there an association? 30 May 2009
• The impact of seizure-related items and comorbid medical conditions on the MMPI-2 profiles of patients with epilepsy and psychogenic nonepileptic seizures. 22 May 2009
• Comparison of outcomes of video/EEG monitoring between patients with epileptic seizures and those with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures. 5 May 2009
• Studies on Hysteria. The dark side of Freud's legacy. 19 Apr 2009
• Clinical characteristics of 49 patients with psychogenic movement disorders in a tertiary clinic in Turkey. 13 Apr 2009
• Reduced postural differences between phobic postural vertigo patients and healthy subjects during a postural threat. 10 Apr 2009
• [Food allergy, food intolerance or functional disorder?] 30 Mar 2009
• Teaching Video NeuroImages: preserved awareness in a frontal seizure with bilateral motor involvement: a psychogenic mimic. 22 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Psychophysiologic Disorders'

Definition: A group of disorders characterized by physical symptoms that are affected by emotional factors and involve a single organ system, usually under AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM control. (American Psychiatric Glossary, 1988)

Descriptor UI: D011602

Alternative terms: Psychophysiologic Disorders; Psychophysiologic Disorder; Psychosomatic Disorders; Psychosomatic Disorder; Psychophysiological Disorders; Psychophysiological Disorder;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C23.888.592.700;

History Note: 68

Technical Notes: differentiate from PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE which is the field; coord IM with specific dis /psychol (IM); Manual 27.12; DF: PSYCHOPHYSIOL DIS