A Critical Perspective on Psychogenic Movement Disorders in Children

Abstract

Psychogenic movement disorders (PMDs) are movement disorders (MDs) which occur due to psychological imbalance. These PMDs become a challenging problem for therapists as well as neurologists. The term “psychogenic” is referred to define the disorders which cannot be validated to any notorious neurochemical disease. The disorders usually exist with several difficult movements. Symptoms simulate the irregular instinctive actions. The disorders generally accomplish psychiatric conditions for a transformation illness which is one of the of somatoform disorder.