Neurologists' understanding and management of conversion disorder

2011109 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

Authors

Richard Kanaan · Psychiatry Research Trust

Abstract

Neurologists accept psychological models for conversion disorder but do not employ them in their diagnosis; they do not see conversion as clearly different from feigning. This may be changing as younger, female neurologists endorse psychological views more clearly and find it easier to discuss with their patients.

Topics & Keywords

Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills Mental Health and Psychiatry

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Gender equality

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry

Volume 82, Issue 9, pp. 961-966

DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2010.233114

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