The Somatizing Child

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Elsa G. Shapiro, Alvin A. Rosenfeld

   Pages 1-6

3. An Historic Overview of the Idea of Hysteria

   • Elsa G. Shapiro, Alvin A. Rosenfeld

   Pages 7-12

4. Somatoform Disorders in Adults: Diagnosis and Predisposition

   • Elsa G. Shapiro, Alvin A. Rosenfeld

   Pages 13-28

5. Conversion and Somatization Disorders in Children: Review of the Literature

   • Elsa G. Shapiro, Alvin A. Rosenfeld

   Pages 29-51

6. A Spectrum of Conversion and Somatization Disorders in Children

   • Elsa G. Shapiro, Alvin A. Rosenfeld

   Pages 52-66

7. Principles of Diagnosis

   • Elsa G. Shapiro, Alvin A. Rosenfeld

   Pages 67-84

8. Principles of Clinical Intervention

   • Elsa G. Shapiro, Alvin A. Rosenfeld

   Pages 85-100

9. Headache in Children: Diagnosis and Treatment

   • Elsa G. Shapiro, Alvin A. Rosenfeld

   Pages 101-114

10. Pseudoseizures in Children and Adolescents

    • Elsa G. Shapiro, Alvin A. Rosenfeld

    Pages 115-133

11. Conclusions

    • Elsa G. Shapiro, Alvin A. Rosenfeld

    Pages 134-136

12. Back Matter

    Pages 137-147

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In the spring of 1982, we began our collaboration while on sabbatical in Jerusa­ lem. Working together at Hadassah Medical Center, we discovered that we had overlapping and complementary interests. The wonderful surroundings com­ bined with a warm friendship nourished the development of this book. E. G. S:s interest in neuropsychology, cognitive function, and diagnostic clas­ sification and A. A R:s interest in the development of normal sexual behavior, incest and its consequences for psychopathology, and psychoanalytic thought provided a broad perspective on the field of somatoform disorders. For E. G. S. , Lawrence A. Lockman, a faculty member in pediatric neurology at the Univer­ sity of Minnesota who has a great interest in these cases, was particularly helpful. Many of the ideas on case management came from his admonitions to the house staff on rounds regarding proper management of patients and families. When we began to write the book in the fall of 1984, two students of E. G. S:s became involved. Norman Cohen, then a post doc, was very interested in pain and biofeedback, having worked extensively in the Pain Clinic at the University of Minnesota Hospitals. He was seeing many of the children in the clinic who required biofeedback and was especially interested in those with headache. He agreed to write the chapter on headache.

• Biofeedback
• Evaluation
• assessment
• childhood
• diagnosis
• epidemiology
• intervention
• management
• neurology
• neuropsychology
• pain
• personality
• psychology
• psychotherapy

• Division of Pediatric Neurology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

  Elsa G. Shapiro

• Psychiatric Services, Jewish Child Care Association of New York, New York, USA

  Alvin A. Rosenfeld

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