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Conversion disorder

Known as: Conversion Reactions, Hysteria, Conversion, Conversion Hysteria 
A disorder whose predominant feature is a loss or alteration in physical functioning that suggests a physical disorder but that is actually a direct… 
National Institutes of Health

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Mental disordersNeurotic Disorders

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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Inspired by nature: light driven organometallic catalysis by heterooligonuclear Ru(II) complexes.
In view of diminishing resources and an ever increasing demand for energy attention has been directed towards the development of… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Organisational development for clinical governance
This is the third in a series of five articles Underpinning contemporary theories of quality improvement is the axiom that poor… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Methane and ethane activation without adding oxygen: promotional effect of W in Mo-W/HZSM-5
The conversions of methane and ethane over Mo/HZSM-5 and W/HZSM-5 catalysts are compared. A reaction model for hydrocarbon… 
Review
1991
Review
1991
Somatization and conversion disorders: comorbidity and demographics at presentation
Although somatization disorder and conversion disorder are linked in DSM‐III and DSM‐III‐R, they have very different histories… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Modifiers of patient-controlled analgesia efficacy. I. Locus of control
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Somatization Disorder in Primary Care
The dilemma of the patient presenting with multiple somatic symptoms is a common one for the general physician. The patient may… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Adult psychiatric disorders in parents of hyperactive children.
The family histories of 140 children and adolescents with hyperactive child syndrome were compared with the family histories of… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Psychiatric illness and female criminality: the role of sociopathy and hysteria in the antisocial woman.
A systematic psychiatric study was carried out with a group of convicted women felons. All the women received at least one… 
Review
1968
Review
1968
Anxiety in patients with hysterical conversion symptoms.
In psychiatry, most diagnoses are descriptions of behaviour or of phenomena reported by the patient, whereas in somatic medicine… 
Highly Cited
1960
Highly Cited
1960
New psychotherapeutic agent, chlordiazepoxide. Use in treatment of anxiety states and related symptoms.
  • J. TobinN. Lewis
  • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA…
  • 1960
  • Corpus ID: 35661706
In a collaborative study by several psychiatrists, 135 women and 77 men with symptoms of directly perceived anxiety, phobic… 
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