1 Introduction.- 2 An Historic Overview of the Idea of Hysteria.- 3 Somatoform Disorders in Adults: Diagnosis and Predisposition.- Criteria for Diagnosis and Psychodynamic Factors in Somatoform Disorders.- Neurobiological Factors in Somatoform Disorders.- Problems in the Diagnosis of Somatoform Symptoms.- 4 Conversion and Somatization Disorders in Children: Review of the Literature.- Incidence.- Diagnostic Criteria.- Continuum of Severity.- Follow-up.- Associated Symptoms.- Psychological and Psychodynamic Characteristics.- Parental Characteristics.- Management and Treatment.- 5 A Spectrum of Conversion and Somatization Disorders in Children.- Etiologic Factors.- Characteristics of Children and Their Families.- Demographic Factors.- The Spectrum of Somatoform Disorders.- 6 Principles of Diagnosis.- Interview with the Child.- Interview with the Parents.- Psychological Evaluation.- Cognitive Assessment.- Personality Assessment.- Sexual Abuse and the Diagnostic Evaluation.- Feedback Conferences.- 7 Principles of Clinical Intervention.- Outpatient Management.- Management on a Pediatric Ward.- Psychotherapy.- Psychiatric Hospitalization and Other More Intensive Treatment.- 8 Headache in Children: Diagnosis and Treatment.- Definitions of Headache.- Differential Diagnosis.- Epidemiology of Childhood Headache.- Prognosis of Childhood Headache.- Treatment of Pediatric Headache.- Summary.- 9 Pseudoseizures in Children and Adolescents.- Epidemiology and Symptom Description.- Subtypes of Pseudoseizures.- Pseudoseizures and Epileptic Seizures: Diagnosis.- Etiologic Factors.- Treatment.- Conclusions.- 10 Conclusions.- Author Index.
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