Organic Illness in a Patient With Hysterical Personality Features: A Case Report
Abstract
A patient was referred for psychotherapy to help alleviate two problems, a period of amnesia and a neurological syndrome that was considered to be functional. The patient's amnesia responded well to hypnosis. The neurological symptoms were later found to be organic and were relieved by surgery. The lesson for the psychotherapist is that a patient with obvious functional symptoms might have obscure organic ones as well.
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