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Title: How Positive Are Conversion Disorder Diagnoses?: Patterns of Referral to a Functional Neurology Clinic.
Austin Authors: Nikrad, Ehsan;Kanaan, Richard A A 
Affiliation: Psychiatry (University of Melbourne)
Issue Date: 1-Oct-2021
Date: 2021-05-27
Publication information: The Journal of nervous and mental disease 2021-10-01; 209(10): 743-746
Abstract: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5) diagnostic criteria for conversion disorder have replaced the criterion of evidence of a "psychogenic" etiology with a criterion that patients must be "positively" diagnosed on the basis of their neurological assessment. We retrospectively studied referrals to a specialist functional neurology clinic to see how commonly the new criteria were met since DSM-5's introduction. Positive signs were reported in a quarter of referrals (26.5%), which was associated with diagnosticians' confidence (p = 0.001) and with the clinic confirming the diagnosis (p = 0.01). Our clinic found positive signs in 28.6% of the referrals. In 13 (13.3%) patients, the new criterion was not met. In conclusion, positive signs are diagnostically helpful but are only reported in a minority of assessments. A significant group of those currently believed to have conversion disorder would not meet the revised diagnostic criteria based on this.
URI: https://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/26615
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000001372
Journal: The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
PubMed URL: 34048413
Type: Journal Article
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