Eponymous Psychiatric Syndromes Revisited

Prim Care Companion CNS Disord. 2018 Feb 22;20(1):17br02195. 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.

MeSH terms

  • Eponyms*
  • Humans
  • Mental Disorders / classification*
  • Psychiatry*
  • Syndrome