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Handwriting Analysis Indicates Spontaneous Dyskinesias in Neuroleptic Naïve Adolescents at High Risk for Psychosis
Published on: November 21, 2013
[Diagnosis and treatment of psychogenic intestinal dyskinesia]
Abstract:
Intestinal dysfunction resulting from psychological factors associated with vegetative disorders were found in 79% of relevant patients. It is stated that comprehensive program of screening persons suffering from psychosomatic intestinal diseases should involve diagnosis of psychopathologic syndromes, analysis of personal traits, factors of psychic trauma, internal pattern of the disease. The treatment technique affecting all the levels of the disease (central, vegetative and somatic) provides good therapeutic effect and normal psychological profile in the majority of patients.
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