Functional movement disorders (FMD), previously referred to as “psychogenic” movement disorders, are characterized by abnormal movements, postures or spasms, such as shaking (irregular tremor) or ...

A new podcast explores a mysterious case of teens developing Tourette syndrome–like tics and other cases of suspected mass ...

The research around stress and fevers—specifically a type of fever called "psychogenic fever"—is mixed. A psychogenic fever ...

The research around stress and fevers—specifically a type of fever called "psychogenic fever"—is mixed. A psychogenic fever is a high body temperature caused by psychological stress.

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 ...

“ED in teenagers should be evaluated with vascular studies before [being] assumed to be psychogenic,” suggests lead author Raanan Tal, “as these studies may reveal the underlying etiology.

From the Medical Clinic of the Boston Dispensary, service of Dr. J. H. Pratt, and the Division of Research. Falcon-Lesses — Assistant in Medicine, Boston Dispensary and Beth Israel Hospital ...

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 ...