Introduction: Clinical evidence indicates that certain types of movement
disorders are due to psychosomatic factors. Patients with myoclonic movements are
usually treated by a variety of therapeutic agents. Autogenic training (AT), a
recognized form of psychosomatic therapies, is suitable for certain types of
neurological diseases. We ... read moredescribe a patient with myoclonus who failed to respond to
conventional medical therapy. His symptoms were exaggerated by psychogenic factors,
especially anger.
Sugimoto, Koreaki, Theoharis C. Theoharides, Duraisamy
Kempuraj, and Pio Conti. "Response of spinal myoclonus to a combination therapy of
autogenic training and biofeedback." BioPsychoSocial Medicine 1, no. 1 (12, 2007):
1-5.