Should conversion disorder be reclassified as a dissociative disorder in DSM-V?
Författare
Summary, in English
Pseudoneurological symptoms (i.e., conversion disorder), historically subsumed within the "hysteria" concept alongside phenomena such as psychogenic amnesia and multiple personality disorder have been classified as somatoform disorders since DSM-III. Since then, there have been repeated calls to reclassify conversion disorder with the dissociative disorders, as in ICD-10. The authors review issues such as the high correlations between pseudoneurological and dissociative symptoms, the high rates of trauma reported for both groups, and the position that these phenomena share underlying processes. Although reintegrating pseudoneurological symptoms with the dissociative disorders is not without complications, there is a strong case for such a reclassification.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2007
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
369-378
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Psychosomatics
Volym
48
Issue
5
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine
Ämne
- Psychology
Nyckelord
- DSM-V
- dissociative disorders
- international classification of diseases
- hysteria
- conversion disorder
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0033-3182