Pseudoseizures, sexual abuse, and hermeneutic reasoning

Phillip R. Slavney

doi:10.1016/0010-440X(94)90231-3

Pseudoseizures, sexual abuse, and hermeneutic reasoning

Phillip R. Slavney

School of Medicine

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Abstract

It has been proposed that pseudoseizures are a symbolic expression of having been sexually abused. Such reasoning is hermeneutic in nature and potentially damaging if uncritically used. Sexual abuse is one of several risk factors for pseudoseizures, but it should not be deduced simply from the occurrence or form of the conversion disorder.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	471-477
Number of pages	7
Journal	Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume	35
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0010-440X(94)90231-3
State	Published - Jan 1 1994

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Psychiatry and Mental health

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