Should conversion disorder be reclassified as a dissociative disorder in DSM-V?

Brown R. J., Cardea E., Nijenhuis E., Sar V., van der Hart O.

PSYCHOSOMATICS, cilt.48, sa.5, ss.369-378, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Derleme
  • Cilt numarası: 48 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2007
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1176/appi.psy.48.5.369
  • Dergi Adı: PSYCHOSOMATICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.369-378
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

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.