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The name given to functional neurologic symptoms has evolved over time in the different editions of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), reflecting a gradual move away from an etiologic conception rooted in hysterical conversion to an empiric phenomenologic one, emphasizing the central role of the neurologic examination and testing in demonstrating that the symptoms are incompatible with recognized neurologic disease pathophysiology, or are internally inconsistent.

Original publication

DOI

10.1016/B978-0-12-801772-2.00016-3

Type

Chapter

Publication Date

2016

Volume

139

Pages

189 - 192

Keywords

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), International Classification of Diseases (ICD), classification, conversion disorder, functional neurologic symptom disorder, psychogenic, Conversion Disorder, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Humans, International Classification of Diseases, Nervous System Diseases