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Comparative studies of conversion disorders in childhood and adolescence
H C Steinhausen1, M von Aster, E Pfeiffer
1Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Neurology, Free University of Berlin, West Germany.
Abstract:
In a syndrome validation study, four groups of patients suffering from conversion disorders, anxiety states, obsessive-compulsive disorder and emotional disorders, as well as a healthy control group, were compared. The following findings emerged: besides female preponderance and greater age, a higher rate of low SES subjects and social migration patients suffering from conversion disorders displayed a greater proportion of psychiatric and medical diseases in their parental heritage.