Objective: To compare the emotional structure and coping strategies in patients with psychogenic non epileptic seizures, epilepsy and control group. Methods: Among patients with complaining of epilepsy attacks that referred to clinic of Imam Reza (Peace be upon him) in Shiraz, 30 patients with psychogenic non epileptic seizures and 30 patients with epilepsy were selected .A total of 30 patients...

To cite: Junewar V, Sahu R, Shukla R. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2014203681 DESCRIPTION A 13-year-old boy previously diagnosed as having psychogenic movement disorder presented with a 2-year history of episodic dystonic movements involving all limbs and face. The episodes were precipitated by sudden movements, lasted for less than 30 s, occurr...

BACKGROUND The long-term safety of deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an important issue because new applications are being investigated for a variety of disorders. Studying instances where DBS was inadvertently implanted in patients without a movement disorder may provide information about the safety of the therapy. We report the case of a patient with a psychogenic movement disorder treated with...

We are reporting a case of psychogenic polydipsia from a State of Ohio psychiatric hospital. The patient has a known five-year history of psychogenic polydipsia with recurrent hyponatremia and has been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder bipolar type 1, according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) criteria, for the past two decades. There was...

Abnormal uterine bleeding occurs across the entire age spectrum. Pregnancy, infection, birth-control methods, psychogenic causes, organic pathology, endocrine disorders, blood dyscrasias, systemic diseases and dysfunctional uterine bleeding are considered in the differential diagnosis. While the historical questions are similar regardless of age, the diagnostic methods, differential diagnosis a...

Abnormal movements and postures resulting from primary psychiatric disease are a diagnostic dilemma because all types of movement disorders may be mimicked by a psychogenic disease, including akinetic-rigid and hyperkinetic disorders, with the latter more frequent, particularly tremor, myoclonus, and dystonia (Williams et al., 2005; Reich, 2006). Psychogenic movement disorders (PMDs), are a val...

In patients presenting with eyelid ptosis the clinician considers a differential diagnosis of 3rd nerve palsy, Horner’s syndrome, mitochondrial myopathy, oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy, levator dehiscence, myotonic dystrophy and myasthenia gravis. The presence of moment to moment fluctuation in severity of ptosis (fatigable ptosis) typically suggests a neuromuscular junction disorder of whi...

Case: This 33-year-old woman was admitted to the psychiatry ward, brought by her husband, after rapidly developing a “little girl” speech and inability to remember where she was or what she needed to do. Prior to this admission, she had spent approximately 3 weeks with intractable vomiting, which was reportedly triggered by her remorseful confession to her husband of an extramarital affair. A n...