Of all conditions treated in our field, perhaps none more clearly demonstrates the need for a dynamically-informed psychiatry than conversion disorder. The patient who presents with neurological ...
In a study published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, David L. Perez, MD, MMSc, Founding Director of the Functional Neurological Disorder Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital ...
BUFFALO — Dr. David G. Lichter, MD, is professor of neurology in the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and an expert in movement disorders, including Tourette’s Syndrome ...
An 11-year-old boy’s painful chronic lockjaw may have been triggered by conversion disorder, a mental health condition that causes physical symptoms, according to a case report published on April 7 in ...
ROCHESTER — WXXI-TV will focus on conversion disorder in an episode of its national health series “Second Opinion.” The episode bwon’t air until October, but the public may participate in Saturday’s ...
Functional movement/conversion disorder (FMD), part of the spectrum of Functional Neurological Disorder (FND), is a neuropsychiatric condition marked by a range of neurological symptoms, including ...
Credit: Getty Images Authors describe the timely diagnosis and treatment of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures in the primary care setting. Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) are a common yet not ...