II. Pathophysiology
III. Symptoms and Signs
- Abrupt Tremor onset (often with stressful event) with static course
- Spontaneous Tremor remission
- Tremor difficult to classify
- Unresponsive to Tremor medications or Tremor responds to Placebo
- Increased with attention
- Decreased with distraction
- Absence of other neurologic signs
- Clinical inconsistencies and Tremor changes in location and frequency
- More common in allied health professionals
IV. Associated Conditions
- Somatization Disorder (or multiple undiagnosed subjective concerns)
- Psychiatric illness
V. Diagnosis
VI. Management
- Psychotherapy
- Medications not indicated
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| Concepts | Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction (T048) |
| SnomedCT | 443853005 |
| English | Psychogenic tremor (disorder), Psychogenic tremor, psychogenic tremor (diagnosis) |
| Spanish | temblor psicógeno, temblor psicógeno (trastorno), Temblor psicógeno |
| Czech | Psychogenní třes |
| Dutch | psychogene tremor |
| French | Tremblement psychogène |
| German | Psychogener Tremor |
| Hungarian | Psychogen tremor |
| Italian | Tremore psicogeno |
| Japanese | 心因性振戦, ｼﾝｲﾝｾｲｼﾝｾﾝ |
| Portuguese | Tremor psicogénico |
