Psychogenic movement disorders: A crisis for neurology
โ Scribed by Mark Hallett
- Book ID
- 107543483
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 72 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1528-4042
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In the above mentioned article reference number 7 was incorrect. The correct reference is reprinted here.
## Abstract Psychogenic movement disorders are common in everyday neurological practice, comprising up to 25% of the patient population in movement disorders clinics. The diagnosis is often difficult, as is illustrated by the high proportion of patients with an organic neurological disease whose mo
Previous studies showed that there are certain features suggestive of a psychogenic disorder, and Fahn and Williams proposed criteria for psychogenic movement disorders. Data on the sensitivity and specificity of these criteria are lacking. We expanded on the Fahn and Williams criteria to create a n