Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
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A General Introduction to Medication-Induced Movement Disorders
For every time we turn on the television, we often land on a commercial involving joyous people while promoting a certain medication and i..
What is Anosognosia?
In a day and age where information is readily available to anyone with Internet access, a scenario that often pops up when you’re feeling ..
The Fallacy of Narcolepsy
“Hi, I’m Carol…” (Bernandi et al., 1999) she says as she lags off the ending of her name, closing her eyes and dropping to the ground in s..
Factitious Disorder: Is it a Game?
Elizabeth was a single mother that worked on construction sites throughout her native city of Memphis, until she badly sprained her ankle ..
Conversion Disorder: Can You See It?
Barrelling down a seemingly empty Pennsylvania highway, Ayanna anxiously starts biting her thumbnail, and begins whispering under her brea..
Illness Anxiety Disorder: What If?
You are sitting down in your art history class and everything is as it always is. The professor is greeting the class and all the students..
Is it All in Your Head?
Looking up from tightening the straps of his ankle boot, Shea says to her husband, “Oh, Micheal. I don’t know why the doctor can’t figure ..