Hysteria to conversion disorders: Babinski's contributions
The main objective of this paper is to present the importance of hysteria on Babinski's oeuvre, and the conceptions of pithiatism from Babinski until the one of conversion disorder. Babinski gave a mental basis for hysteria in the place of Charcot's encephalopatic one, and several importan...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
2014-04-01
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Series: | Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2014000400318&lng=en&tlng=en |