To the Editor: Oaklander's report 1 of a patient with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) in addition to a movement disorder is an excellent example of the value of videotape publications. The patient is described as having progressive right lower extremity dystonia and tremor in the contralateral foot. That the movements began abruptly after vein stripping is stated as evidence that neither ...

The case of 31-year-old woman suffering from schizophrenia with movement disorder is described. The patient had a 7-year history of schizophrenia. In course of the psychiatric treatment the patient presented dystonic movements within abdominal muscles. The dystonic movements were of mixed character, including voluntary and involuntary ones what might have suggested their psychogenic origin. Sub...

In the Athens Medical Sex Institute (ISIA), we investigated many patients with sexual dysfunction, among them the commoner complain being erectile dysfunction in the male population. The investigation and diagnostic evaluation of all erectile dysfunction patients has been made using an integrated three-team approach, involving the psychologist, endocrinologist and urologist as specialists in or...

Background: Lichen simplex chronicus (LSC), nodular prurigo (NP), and neurotic excoriation (NE) are considered as psychogenic pruritus disorders. Atopic dermatitis (AD) is also classified by some as a psychocutaneous disorder to point out the influence of psychologic factors in its recurrence, persistence and precipitation. AD and psychogenic pruritus share many common features including ...

Fifty nine patients admitted with a diagnosis of psychogenic vomiting were classified into five patterns of vomiting: continuous, habitual postprandial, irregular vomiting, nausea, and self induced. The psychiatric disorders related to the onset of vomiting were either a major depression or a conversion disorder. Continuous vomiting was usually due to a conversion disorder, while in many cases ...

OBJECTIVE To assess whether surgery to reduce or control epileptic seizures is safe and effective in patients known to have additional psychogenic seizures. DESIGN We reviewed our computerized database of 1342 patients examined for epilepsy surgery and identified 13 patients with both epileptic and psychogenic seizures on whom postoperative outcome data were available. Data were gathered from...

The various reported psychogenic dyskinesias include tremor, dystonia, myoclonus, gait disorder, Parkinsonism, tics, and chorea. It is not easy to diagnose psychogenic movement disorders, especially in patients with underlying organic disease. We describe three patients with balance and/or posture abnormalities that occur when they stand up, start to move, or halt from walking, although their g...

PURPOSE To assess the psychiatric diagnoses and outcome in children with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES). METHODOLOGY This hospital based observational study was performed on 44 children aged <16 years, who suspected to have psychogenic non-epileptic seizures based on video-EEG, from August 2005 to August 2012. The parameters noted were the psychiatric diagnosis, co-morbidities, man...

Pain of psychogenic origin can be as frequently related to the musculoskeletal system as it is to the cardiovascular and gastrointestinal systems. We report here two patients who presented with rheumatic pains. Both were subsequently found to have an underlying psychogenic disorder though they were initially diagnosed to have a distinct rheumatic disease. It is easy for doctors to create nondis...