ELEVATED INCIDENCE OF A CONVERSION DISORD ER WITHIN A FAMILY

Authors
SCHULTEKORNE G REMSCHMIDT H
Citation
G. Schultekorne et H. Remschmidt, ELEVATED INCIDENCE OF A CONVERSION DISORD ER WITHIN A FAMILY, Nervenarzt, 67(9), 1996, pp. 794-798
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,"Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Nervenarzt → ACNP
ISSN journal
00282804
Volume
67
Issue
9
Year of publication
1996
Pages
794 - 798
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-2804(1996)67:9<794:EIOACD>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
This paper reports the result of a study conducted in a single family, in which members of three generations were affected by a conversion d isorder. The phenotype and the age of onset were very similar in all t he family members affected. The etiology is best understood in terms o f a genetic condition and as the result of imitation and identificatio n with an affected family member.