Barnes V, Ware M R
Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida College of Medicine and Health Science Center, Gainesville.
South Med J. 1993 May;86(5):591-2. doi: 10.1097/00007611-199305000-00024.
Failure to consider conversion disorder in a patient with acute, tetanus-like symptoms led to unnecessary medical expenditures and delayed appropriate psychiatric intervention. Patients presenting these clinical symptoms need a comprehensive evaluation, with careful attention to details in the psychosocial history. While tetanus is rarely encountered now in the United States, conversion disorder is commonly encountered in both medical and psychiatric populations.
未能在患有急性破伤风样症状的患者中考虑到转换障碍，导致了不必要的医疗支出，并延误了适当的精神科干预。出现这些临床症状的患者需要进行全面评估，同时要仔细留意社会心理病史中的细节。虽然现在在美国破伤风很少见，但转换障碍在医疗和精神科人群中都很常见。
