Usefulness of Lazare's Criteria in Diagnosing Conversion Disorder

Usefulness of endoscopy for diagnosing Mirizzi syndrome

......................................... Received: 07-04-10 Accepted: 10-08-10 Abstract Although Mirizzi syndrome was first described more than a hundred years ago, pre-surgical diagnosis continues to pose a challenge. This syndrome is usually found during surgery. For that reason it has the potential for making the surgical procedure longer and for the development of complications such as fis...

The role of psychiatrists in diagnosing conversion disorder: a mixed-methods analysis

OBJECTIVE Since DSM-5 removed the requirement for a psychosocial formulation, neurologists have been able to make the diagnosis of conversion disorder without psychiatric input. We sought to examine whether neurologists and specialist psychiatrists concurred with this approach. DESIGN We used mixed methods, first surveying all the neurologists in the UK and then interviewing the neuropsychiat...

Dementia associated with Parkinson's disease: usefulness of the Movement Disorder Society diagnostic criteria in Brazil.

Problems in diagnosing bipolar disorder

Angst (2007) provides more balanced views on the much publicised concerns about the underdiagnosis of bipolar disorder. Psychiatric diagnoses are not robust entities (Baca-Garcia et al, 2007) and most recent research in mood disorders has arisen from redefining and often rigidly applying the DSM criteria, which has proved a hindrance to research. The problem in mood disorder research lies in ou...

Problems in diagnosing bipolar disorder

Angst (2007) provides more balanced views on the much publicised concerns about the underdiagnosis of bipolar disorder. Psychiatric diagnoses are not robust entities (Baca-Garcia et al, 2007) and most recent research in mood disorders has arisen from redefining and often rigidly applying the DSM criteria, which has proved a hindrance to research. The problem in mood disorder research lies in ou...