Neurologic symptoms believed to be related to a psychiatric condition
Symptoms are not intentionally produced
Patient is often unconcerned or neutral to the neural deficit
Recurrence is common, but good prognosis with single episode
Likelihood of recovery exceeds that of other somatoform<unk> s
Good prognostic indicators include
good premorbid health
absence of organic illness or concomitant major psychiatric syndromes
acute and recent onset
definite precipitation by a stressful event
presenting symptoms of paralysis, aphonia, or blindness.
Diagnosis of exclusion
Likelihood of recovery exceeds that of other somatoform<unk> s
Good prognostic indicators include
good premorbid health
absence of organic illness or concomitant major psychiatric syndromes
acute and recent onset
definite precipitation by a stressful event
presenting symptoms of paralysis, aphonia, or blindness.
good premorbid health
absence of organic illness or concomitant major psychiatric syndromes
acute and recent onset
definite precipitation by a stressful event
presenting symptoms of paralysis, aphonia, or blindness.
Conversion disorder
Malingering
Post-concussive syndrome
Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis
Transient ischemic attack
Complex regional pain syndrome
Ischemic stroke
Multiple Sclerosis