Eponymous Psychiatric Syndromes Revisited

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22 February 2018

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doi: 10.4088/PCC.17br02195


Abstract

This report provides an anthology of psychiatric eponyms. Clinically, many of these described syndromes represent valid diagnostic constructs and may accommodate the atypical cases that defy the official diagnostic designation in the current classificatory systems in psychiatry.


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