Richard A A Kanaan
Biographic Data
| ID | 8869734 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard A A Kanaan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard A A |
| FAMILY NAME | Kanaan |
| SIGNATURE | KANAAN R A A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of Psychiatry in London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The origins of factitious disorder
Factitious disorder is the deliberate simulation of illness for the purpose of seeking the sick role. It is a 20th-century diagnosis, though the grounds for its introduction are uncertain. While previous authors have considered the social changes contributing to growth in the disorder, this article looks at some of the pressures on doctors that may have created the diagnostic need for a disorder between hysteria and malingering. The recent histor…
The Association or Otherwise of the Functional Somatic Syndromes
Objective: To review the evidence for overlap in the phenomenology of the Functional Somatic Syndromes (FSS). The FSS show considerable comorbidity, leading some to suggest they may be aspects of the same disorder. Methods: We conducted a selective review of peer-reviewed articles on the co-occurrence of FSS symptoms and diagnoses. Results: Considerable evidence of overlap was found at the level of symptoms, diagnostic criteria, and clinical diag…
Imaging Repressed Memories in Motor Conversion Disorder
Objectives: Conversion disorders comprise neurologically unexplained symptoms with a presumed psychiatric cause, though a neuroscientific basis for this is lacking. The standard psychiatric model of conversion holds that events and processes that might explain the symptoms are, by hypothesis, either repressed or subconscious. This makes assessments based on subjective reports unreliable. We circumvent this by using a standardized method to quanti…
The origins of factitious disorder
Factitious disorder is the deliberate simulation of illness for the purpose of seeking the sick role. It is a 20th-century diagnosis, though the grounds for its introduction are uncertain. While previous authors have considered the social changes contributing to growth in the disorder, this article looks at some of the pressures on doctors that may have created the diagnostic need for a disorder between hysteria and malingering. The recent histor…
The Association or Otherwise of the Functional Somatic Syndromes
Objective: To review the evidence for overlap in the phenomenology of the Functional Somatic Syndromes (FSS). The FSS show considerable comorbidity, leading some to suggest they may be aspects of the same disorder. Methods: We conducted a selective review of peer-reviewed articles on the co-occurrence of FSS symptoms and diagnoses. Results: Considerable evidence of overlap was found at the level of symptoms, diagnostic criteria, and clinical diag…
Imaging Repressed Memories in Motor Conversion Disorder
Objectives: Conversion disorders comprise neurologically unexplained symptoms with a presumed psychiatric cause, though a neuroscientific basis for this is lacking. The standard psychiatric model of conversion holds that events and processes that might explain the symptoms are, by hypothesis, either repressed or subconscious. This makes assessments based on subjective reports unreliable. We circumvent this by using a standardized method to quanti…
The origins of factitious disorder
Factitious disorder is the deliberate simulation of illness for the purpose of seeking the sick role. It is a 20th-century diagnosis, though the grounds for its introduction are uncertain. While previous authors have considered the social changes contributing to growth in the disorder, this article looks at some of the pressures on doctors that may have created the diagnostic need for a disorder between hysteria and malingering. The recent histor…
Psychiatry (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Conversion disorder (2 works) · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (2 works) · Amygdala (1 works) · Association (psychology) (1 works) · Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies (1 works) · Child Abuse and Related Trauma (1 works) · Clinical Psychology (1 works) · Cognitive psychology (1 works)