Abstract:After the original description of the Ganser syndrome (GS), in 1898, there has been a great debate over the etiological primacy of either hysteria or psychosis (including organic states). Even now, despite the DSM-IV classification of GS as a dissociative disorder, this condition remains an extensively misunderstood condition. Not only has it been reported in association with various functional psychiatric disorders but also as organic states, most often in patients with head injury and stroke, especially thos… Show more
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