Psychophysiologic Disorders - Therapy
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Saturday, November 21, 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 non-epileptic seizures, anticipatory grief and limited access to medical care.

30 May 2009 Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) in the context of meningoencephalitis can occur with sufficient stressors. Video-EEG is a critical diagnostic tool in such complex cases. Once the diagnosis of PNES is confirmed by video-EEG, psychiatric ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Psychophysiologic Disorders - Therapy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Aspects of psychosomatic medicine and current treatment options in male sexual dysfunction] Sep 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
• [Research in psychotherapy--does it improve psychosomatic care?] 30 Jun 2009
• [First curriculum for care of patients with mental and psychosomatic disorders in the context of a consultation-liaison service] 14 Jun 2009
• Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures, anticipatory grief and limited access to medical care. 30 May 2009
• Psychogenic tremor in a patient with a major depressive episode. 30 May 2009
• Improvement of paradoxical vocal cord dysfunction with integrated psychiatric care. 29 Apr 2009
• Brain Fag Syndrome - a myth or a reality. 29 Apr 2009
• Group psychotherapy of psychosomatic outpatients--analysis of the ten first sessions. 29 Apr 2009
• Clinical characteristics of 49 patients with psychogenic movement disorders in a tertiary clinic in Turkey. 13 Apr 2009
• Is psychology really the best treatment for tinnitus? 30 Mar 2009
• Mindfulness meditation for symptom reduction in fibromyalgia: psychophysiological correlates. 8 Mar 2009
• Medical psychology services in dutch general hospitals: state of the art developments and recommendations for the future. 4 Mar 2009
• Psychiatrists for medically complex patients: bringing value at the physical health and mental health/substance-use disorder interface. 27 Feb 2009
• Cognitive behavioral therapy for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures. 18 Feb 2009
• Uncommon misery: modern psychoanalytic perspectives on infertility. 30 Jan 2009
• Treatment of chronic recurrent abdominal pain: laparoscopy or hypnosis? 30 Jan 2009
• Acceptance and commitment therapy: a meta-analytic review. 12 Jan 2009
• [Psychosomatic medicine -- and the need of integration in all specialties of medicine] 30 Dec 2008

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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