Neurological syndromes which can be mistaken for psychiatric conditions
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Neurological syndromes which can be mistaken for psychiatric conditions.
Correspondence to: Dr A Z J Zeman, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK; [email protected]. ac.uk _________________________ A ll illness has both psychological and physical dimensions. This may seem a startling claim, but on reflection it is uncontroversial. Diseases don’t come to doctors, patients do—and the processes by which patients...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2004.060459