Provoking Pseudo-Seizures: Provocative Placebo Practices

摘要

Conversion disorders are ubiquitous throughout all fields of medicine. Hysterical blindness, globus hystericus, and "noncardiac chest pain" are psychogenic entities with symptoms that respectively mimic true visual loss, difficulty swallowing, and heart attacks. Themost striking diagnoses tend to mimic neurologic disorders, such as pseudoparalysis, pseudo-tremor, and pseudo-seizure.