Functional Neurological (Conversion) Disorder: A Core Neuropsychiatric Disorder
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Cognitive-analytical therapy for a patient with functional neurological symptom disorder-conversion disorder (psychogenic myopia): A case study
Functional neurological symptom disorder commonly presents with symptoms and defects of sensory and motor functions. Therefore, it is often mistaken for a medical condition. It is well known that functional neurological symptom disorder more often caused by psychological factors. There are three main approaches namely analytical, cognitive and biological to manage conversion disorder. Any of su...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0895-0172,1545-7222
DOI: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.19090204