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Chapters: Stendhal syndrome, Hypochondriasis, Body dysmorphic disorder, Mass Psychogenic Illness, Conversion disorder, Cyberchondria, Da Costa's syndrome, Somatization disorder, Medical students' disease, Muscle dysmorphia, Dermatillomania, Somatoform disorder, Amplification, Somatosensory amplification, Olfactory Reference Syndrome,. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 93. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) (previously known as dysmorphophobia is sometimes referred to as body dysmorphia or dysmorphic syndrome) is a (psychological) somatoform disorder in which the affected person is excessively concerned about and preoccupied by a perceived defect in his or her physical features (body image). Depending on the individual case, BDD may either be a somatoform disorder or part of an eating disorder or both: BDD always includes a debilitating or excessive fear of judgment by others, as is seen with social anxiety, social phobia and some OCD problems; or, alternately, it may be a part of eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and compulsive overeating. The term "body dysmorphic disorder" itself describes only those excessive social-acceptance fears that relate to one's personal body image. Depending on the individual, it may or may not also be part of one of these wider or related syndromes. The sufferer may complain of several specific features or a single feature, or a vague feature or general appearance, causing psychological distress that impairs occupational and/or social functioning, sometimes to the point of severe depression and anxiety, development of other anxiety disorders, social withdrawal or complete social isolation, and more. It is estimated that 1-2% of the world's population meet all the diagnostic criteria for BDD (Psychological ...http://booksllc.net/?id=369730 ... Read more

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In March 2001, the National Institutes of Health issued the following warning: "The number of Web sites offering health-related resources grows every day. Many sites provide valuable information, while others may have information that is unreliable or misleading."Furthermore, because of the rapid increase in Internet-based information, many hours can be wasted searching, selecting, and printing.This book was created for medical professionals, students, and members of the general public who want to conduct medical research using the most advanced tools available and spending the least amount of time doing so. ... Read more

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Patients with hysterical conversion present with striking physical symptoms such as weakness, sensory disorders or memory loss, that suggest a neurological disease but which show no evidence of brain and central nervous system damage. Although it is now over one hundred years since Breuer and Freud published their seminal Studies on Hysteria (1895) the story of hysteria remains controversial - even its existence as a viable clinical entity has been repeatedly questioned. Despite renewed interest over the past decade, most publications report little or no empirical research from the cognitive or clinical neurosciences. This is surprising given that the explanation of hysteria is still one where "the very notions of mind and body, and the boundaries and bridges between them are constantly challenged and reconstituted" (Porter, 1993).
The rush to explain hysteria in terms of psychodynamics has so far proved elusive. Rather than developing further theories of hysteria, it is essential to charcterise those domains of normal volition and motor and sensory control that may be impaired, and from which it is possible to interpret observed symptoms. Only then will it be possible to provide a cognitively motivated account of how psychological mechanisms can translate (convert) into physical symptoms. As in other areas of psychiatry, it seems beneficial when explaining psychiatric phenomena to consider whether impairment to normal psychological phenomena can be used to construct a rational account of the underlying pathology.
The aim of this special issue is to bridge the void left by the traditional over-reliance on psychodynamic accounts by emphasising putative cognitive and neuropsychological accounts of this puzzling and cotnroversial condition. ... Read more

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The Conversion Disorder Medical Guide is a publication which has been designed to better help readers understand Conversion Disorder. This Qontro Medical Guide has been designed with the reader in mind, and is a useful information source for readers at all levels looking to learn more about Conversion Disorder. The Conversion Disorder Medical Guide is highly recommended for those interested in understanding and learning more about Conversion Disorder. ... Read more

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Waste of money, misleading
I feel totally conned.I thought I was buying a 26 page pamphlet full of information.It was 26 pages long, but 10 were about copyright issues pertaining to the pamphlet itself.Of the first 16 pages, two were the normal title page and copyright page, the last was one sentence, and the entire thirteen pages of text was in a very large font, to fill space.I had really been looking forward to finding out about this unusual condition, but there is no information included that is not easily available in other sources on the Internet, what is included is sparse.Avoid these Medical guides - unless you check it them out firsthand, as returning them is not an option! I wish I could have read a review first, I would never have wasted my money.One star is too many, but I don't seem to have the option of no stars. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Southern Medical Journal, published by Thomson Gale on April 1, 2006. The length of the article is 1156 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Conversion motor paralysis disorder.(Editorial)(Editorial)
Author: Rafael J. Heruti
Publication: Southern Medical Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 99Issue: 4Page: 327(2)

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This book charts the ways in which the ideas of a 19th Century neurologist became enshrined in the thinking of modern neuropsychiatry. It looks at how the diagnosis of hysteria and conversion disorder was revitalised by a group of like-minded physicians under the terms of "functional weakness" and "functional neurological deficit" in order to"develop constructive ways of talking with patients".Overton claims this approach has fundamentally failed and the often hilarious jibes he makes at some sectors of the medical profession only highlight further the need for doctors to listen to their patients. "Deserves to be part of the literary canon"- Angela Kennedy ... Read more

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Highly recommended
Simon Overton is a fellow advocate that I communicate with regularly.

Simon was kind enough to ask me to write the forward for this book.

An excerpt from the forward text:

"Substantial medical evidence spanning many decades continues to be ignored by those in positions of power who are abusing that power to further their own vested interests. Once an idea takes root in the scientific community it is not reason but the ability to gather kudos and grab research funding that informs dominant thinking. These groups and individuals are helped immeasurably by the creation of bogus disease categories, categories such as 'Chronic Fatigue Syndrome' and other unscientific concepts such as somatisation disorder, functional weakness, conversion disorder, hysteria, and so on.

Despite an utter lack of scientific legitimacy and the enormous costs to the many patients involved and to the community at large, these massive medical frauds have continued in perpetuity almost entirely unchallenged by the world's media, human rights groups, and governments. It is a worldwide disgrace and one of the biggest scandals in the history of medicine.

How much more extreme do the suffering and abuse caused by these malign scams have to be? How many more very ill patients have to be denied even basic medical care? How many more hundreds of thousands of children and adults worldwide have to be left severely disabled or dead through inappropriate treatment?

Simon Overton is to be congratulated for creating such a timely, intelligent and compelling book on this important topic. More uncompromising educational efforts like this one must be produced if change is ever to occur. The fox has been left in charge of the hen house for far too long already. Knowledge is power.

May the day soon come when such books (and other advocacy projects) are no longer needed, and when patients can rely on something as simple as treatment based on legitimate scientific evidence and on the reality of their pathology - rather than being subjected to various self-serving and illogical pseudo-scientific `theories'. Such ideas are extremely unlikely to help any of the patient groups involved to regain their health."

I highly recommend this book. The chapter which deals with the case of Ean Proctor in particular is a must-read for anyone involved in this field of medicine.

Jodi Bassett, founder of the 'Hummingbirds' Foundation for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis' (HFME)

A triumphant expose of the belief systems that lie behind modern neurology:functional weakness and conversion disorder
"Science must begin with myths and with the criticism of
myths"- Karl Popper

Patients often present to doctors with illness for which there is no
obvious organic explanation despite investigation. Historically
medicine lacks a tradition of ignorance and has a tendency to suggest
explanations for illness and treat the patient accordingly, even when
these explanations and cures are bizarre and absurd. Examples in the
medical canon range from the leeches and bloodletting of the
Ancient Greeks to the lobotomy of pre 1970's neurosurgery. Illness
that is not easily explained can challenge the hegemony of medicine.
Patients and others can see the psychiatric referral that often follows
as a means of controlling this threat to the physician's authority, for
how after millennia of "progress" can medicine itself be deviant or
deficient? Perhaps as a result of this tradition some contemporary
thinkers in neuropsychiatry, (Manu, Sharpe, Wessely and others)
place the blame on the patient for their illness, or more specifically
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This digital document is an article from Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, published by Thomson Gale on April 1, 2006. The length of the article is 2300 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Conversion disorder in a pediatric transgender patient.
Author: Laura Orfanelli
Publication: Journal of Neuroscience Nursing (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 38Issue: 2Page: 114(3)

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This digital document is an article from Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, published by American Association of Neuroscience Nurses on April 1, 1997. The length of the article is 4639 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Neurological disease is often mistakenly diagnosed as conversion disorder, making differential diagnosis of conversion disorder very important. Moreover, new theories suggest that conversion disorder may be an early sign of neurological disease, especially when symptoms occur on the left side of the body. Symptoms such as coma, lower extremity paralysis, blindness and seizures need to be evaluated carefully to distinguish between conversion disorder and neurological impairment.

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Title: Distinguishing conversion disorder from neurologic impairment.
Author: Virginia M. Parobek
Publication: Journal of Neuroscience Nursing (Refereed)
Date: April 1, 1997
Publisher: American Association of Neuroscience Nurses
Volume: v29Issue: n2Page: p128(7)

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The “Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders” is a comprehensive two-volume set providing detailed information on mental disorders and conditions, in an easy-to-use format. It includes entries for all 150 disorders classified in the “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,” and also features entries for prescription, alternative and over-the-counter drugs, as well as the various therapies used to treat mental disorders.

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This digital document is an article from Southern Medical Journal, published by Thomson Gale on April 1, 2006. The length of the article is 2252 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Conversion disorder presenting as hemiplegia and hemianesthesia with loss of neurologic reflexes: a case report.
Author: Eric Hill
Publication: Southern Medical Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 99Issue: 4Page: 380(3)

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This digital document is an article from Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed., brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 2322 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.The third edition of this authoritative, comprehensive, in-depth medical guide features information on medical topics in language accessible to adult laypersons. Disease/disorder articles typically cover definition; description; causes and symptoms; diagnosis; treatments; prevention; and more. Test/treatment articles typically cover definition; purposes; precautions; preparation; risks; normal and abnormal results; and much more. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Clinical Psychiatry News, published by International Medical News Group on August 1, 2004. The length of the article is 473 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Movement disorders may respond to psychotherapy.(Neuropsychiatric Medicine)(research report)
Author: Bruce Jancin
Publication: Clinical Psychiatry News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 1, 2004
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 32Issue: 8Page: 48(1)

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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock. Reprint of DHHS Publication No.(ADM)89-1631, 1990. Current research findings on diagnosis and management for primary care physicians and mental health professionals. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Internal Medicine News, published by International Medical News Group on September 1, 2003. The length of the article is 633 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Unusual symptoms noted in pseudostroke: recent stressors common.(Cardiovascular Medicine)
Author: Betsy Bates
Publication: Internal Medicine News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2003
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 36Issue: 17Page: 57(1)

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