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Conversion Disorder: Difficulties in Diagnosis using DSM-IV/ICD-10

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Title: Conversion Disorder: Difficulties in Diagnosis using DSM-IV/ICD-10

Authors: R. Atiq , S. Effendi , E. U. Syed , S. Mehmud 

Journal: Journal of Pakistan Medical Association

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Publisher: Pakistan Medical Association.

Country: Pakistan

Year: 2001

Volume: 51

Issue: 4

Language: English

Categories
Conversion Disorder (6) Mental Health Diagnosis (1) DSM-IV (1) ICD-10 (1) Psychiatry (4152)

Abstract

Abstract


Objective: Conversion disorder presents differently in various cultures. The commonest symptoms in the Asian subcontinent may be very different from those seen in Western Hemisphere. This causes some difficulty in making a diagnosis while using DSM-lV and lCD-10 0.
Method: This study searched inpatient records for the last 10 years at the Aga Khan University and collected some demographic data as well as assessed the phenomenology of conversion disorder in the patient population.
Results: We found unresponsiveness to be the most common symptom in this sample thus not exactly fitting the DSM-lV/ICD-10 picture.
Conclusion: We observed that current criteria of conversion disorder as stated in two major classification in Pakistan and other parts of subcontinent

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