Neurological disease or conversion disorder? Important aspects of differential diagnosis - psychiatric and psychotherapeutic perspective. Case report
Introduction: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a progressive neurodegenerative disease with undetermined etiology. Due to diverse symptomatology, it requires a thorough differential diagnosis, with consideration of conversion disorders. The presented thesis describes a case of a young man hospitaliz...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Sciendo
2019-03-01
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| Series: | Current Problems of Psychiatry |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2478/cpp-2019-0001 |
| Summary: | Introduction: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a progressive neurodegenerative disease with undetermined etiology. Due to diverse symptomatology, it requires a thorough differential diagnosis, with consideration of conversion disorders. The presented thesis describes a case of a young man hospitalized in the Department of Psychiatry in order to verify the possible psychogenic basis of his symptoms, which previously were considered to be a manifestation of neurological disease with an unfavorable prognosis. |
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| ISSN: | 2353-8627 |