Differentiating cerebral ischemia from functional neurological symptom disorder: a psychosomatic perspective
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Differentiating cerebral ischemia from functional neurological symptom disorder: a psychosomatic perspective
BACKGROUND The differential diagnosis of pseudo-neurological symptoms often represents a clinical challenge. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, DSM-5, made an attempt to improve diagnostic criteria of conversion disorder (functional neurological symptom disorder). Incongruences of the neurological examination, i.e. positive neurological signs, indicate a new approach--wh...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Psychiatry
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1471-244X
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244x-14-158