Patients with psychogenic movement disorders (PMDs) present with tremor, fixed postures of limbs (typically an inverted ankle or clenched fist; Figure 1), jerks, or other combinations of abnormal ...

Psychogenic movement disorders are characterized by unwanted movements, such as spasms, shaking or jerks involving any part of the face, neck, trunk or limbs. In addition some patients may have ...

They cause episodes of involuntary movements or behaviors. In the United States, doctors refer to these seizures as psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES). During a PNES episode, a person may be ...

Written by experts in neurology, psychiatry, psychology, neuroimaging, neurophysiology and genetics, this book covers psychogenic movement disorders and other conversion disorders from all of the most ...

"Mass Psychogenic Illness" Among the leading critics ... accompanied by a feeling of pressure and symptoms of vertigo, dizziness, headache, and cognitive dysfunction (Relman et al., ...

This is known as a psychogenic fever. "A phenomenon has been described where stress seems to raise core body temperature in the absence of other inflammatory processes such as infection or injury ...

Not quite sure what that means? Well, let’s think about it in terms of Murray’s Theory of Psychogenic Needs. Renowned American psychologist Henry Murray is most poignantly remembered for his theory ...

This is known as a psychogenic fever. "A phenomenon has been described where stress seems to raise core body temperature in the absence of other inflammatory processes such as infection or injury ...

Driven by underlying health disorders and diseases Psychogenic itch: Caused by chemical changes in the brain often driven by mood disorders and stress ...

One long-term study found that patients with psychogenic polydipsia have a ... blurred vision and dizziness. As the condition progresses, sufferers can often display symptoms of psychosis ...