What's so special about conversion disorder? A problem and a proposal for diagnostic classification

Br J Psychiatry. 2010 Jun;196(6):427-8. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.109.073981.

Abstract

Conversion disorder presents a problem for the revisions of DSM-IV and ICD-10, for reasons that are informative about the difficulties of psychiatric classification more generally. Giving up criteria based on psychological aetiology may be a painful sacrifice but it is still the right thing to do.

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Conversion Disorder / classification*
  • Conversion Disorder / diagnosis
  • Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders*
  • Humans
  • International Classification of Diseases*
  • Psychiatric Status Rating Scales