Symptoms of Psychiatric Disorders and Problems with Their Assessment.Part II. Couvade Syndrome
Authors:
G. O. Krizek 1; R. Honzák 2
Authors‘ workplace:
Psychiatr, Washington, DC, USA 2Psychiatrická katedra IPVZ, Praha
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Published in:
Prakt. Lék. 2003; (2): 83-85
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Overview
The authors aim their attention at inaccuracies of psychiatric classification system which causeproblems with the assessment of diagnose in cases of atypical psychiatric symptoms. In theprevious part of this article they summarized diagnostic features of Münchhausen syndrome,however this syndrome is included in diagnostic manual ICD-10. In this part they deal withthe symptoms and signs of couvade syndrome, the very specific clinical unit hidden in theunspecific aggregation of medically unexplained syndromes (MUS) or somatoform disorders.
Key words:
couvade syndrome - conversion - postpartum period - somatoform disorders - medically unexplained syndrome.
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