Of all conditions treated in our field, perhaps none more clearly demonstrates the need for a dynamically-informed psychiatry than conversion disorder. The patient who presents with neurological ...

Conversion disorder is a psychiatric condition in which a person develops physical symptoms that are not under voluntary control and are not explained by a neurological disease or another medical ...

Credit: Getty Images Authors describe the timely diagnosis and treatment of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures in the primary care setting. Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) are a common yet not ...

Mental disorders like depression and anxiety are characterized by a variety of different symptoms, and individuals receiving the same diagnosis may experience different combinations of those symptoms.

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