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

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.

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Published in:British journal of psychiatry 2010-06, Vol.196 (6), p.427-428
Main Authors: Kanaan, Richard A, Carson, Alan, Wessely, Simon C, Nicholson, Timothy R, Aybek, Selma, David, Anthony S
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Classification
Conversion disorder
Conversion Disorder - classification
Conversion Disorder - diagnosis
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Etiology
Humans
International Classification of Diseases
Irritable bowel syndrome
Mental disorders
Neuropathology
Patients
Physiology
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychiatry
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