Causal Association between Development of Functional or ConversionDisorder post-mRNA COVID-19 Vaccination Online services outage (Dec. 1-4)Due to maintenance on our systems, the following online applications will be unavailable between Thursday, December 1, 5:00 p.m. and Sunday, December 4, 11:00 p.m. We apologize for any inconvenience.Request and Manage ReviewWorker View/Update ProfileCOVID -19Health & SafetyInsuranceClaimsI Am a...MoreCausal Association between Development of Functional or ConversionDisorder post-mRNA COVID-19 VaccinationTo determine whether there is any evidence to support a causal association between the development of functional or conversiondisorder post-mRNA COVID-19 vaccination.Download PDFPublication Date: Nov 2021File type: PDF (226 KB)Asset type: GuideShare via
Conversiondisorder: An integrated care approach. Knowing how the diagnosis is made and the condition is managed effectively can help FPs fulfill their role in the multifaceted care of these patients.
Subjective experiences of dissociative and conversiondisorders among adolescents in India. Dissociative/conversiondisorders affect almost 31% of children and adolescents in a clinical setting. These children experience significant impairments in their academics, and daily functioning, with high chances of developing other psychiatric comorbidities such as anxiety and depression. However , there are no studies that explore the experiences of suffering from dissociative/conversiondisorders from perspective of the sufferer. Therefore, the paper has aimed at exploring the subjective experiences of dissociative and conversiondisorders among adolescents in the Indian context by examining their understanding about the illness and the reason they ascribe to the cause of their illness. The study used
ConversionDisorder Manifesting as Functional Visual Loss. Children with conversiondisorder experience neurological symptoms without a definable organic cause. Clinical presentation of conversiondisorders is uncommon in the emergency department (ED). An 11-year-old previously healthy girl presented to the ED for management of lobar pneumonia. She developed acute visual loss subsequent to accidental placement of an intra-arterial cannula in her arm. Clinical assessments by the emergency physician, neurology, ophthalmology, and psychiatry services, and negative neuroimaging studies established the diagnosis of functional visual loss as a manifestation of conversiondisorder. WHY SHOULD AN EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN BE AWARE OF THIS?: Conversiondisorder symptoms are often without any specific
Upper extremity conversiondisorder in children. Conversiondisorder in children presents a challenge to orthopedic surgeons. The condition is frequently associated with unnecessary diagnostic tests, treatments, and cost. The purpose of this study was to report a series of children with upper extremity conversiondisorder to raise awareness for this uncommon condition and to assist with its diagnosis and management. A retrospective review was conducted of 4 pediatric patients with upper extremity conversiondisorder at a tertiary pediatric hospital from 2015 to 2017. Medical records were reviewed for patient demographics, including psychiatric history, clinical findings, diagnostic studies, treatment, and cost of care. Patients presented with upper extremity muscle stiffness, unremitting
What relationship do stressful life events, neglect and abuse have with functional neurological disorder (conversiondisorder)? Functional neurological disorder (conversiondisorder)Menu * * Take your event #BeyondTheRoom * Training * #ElfHelp * Contact us * NewsSearch National Elf Service No bias. No misinformation. No spin. Just what you need! The Mental Elf * Home * About * Categories * Cost Search National Elf Service Home » Posts » Diagnosis » risk factors » What relationship do stressful life events, neglect and abuse have with functional neurological disorder (conversiondisorder)?What relationship do stressful life events, neglect and abuse have with functional neurological disorder (conversiondisorder)?6 Responses »Mar 9 2018Posted byMark EdwardsFunctional neurological disorder
When symptoms don’t fit: a case series of conversiondisorder in the pediatric otolaryngology practice Conversiondisorder refers to functional bodily impairments that can be precipitated by high stress situations including trauma and surgery. Symptoms of conversiondisorder may mimic or complicate otolaryngology diseases in the pediatric population. In this report, the authors describe 3 cases of conversiondisorder that presented to a pediatric otolaryngology-head and neck surgery practice. This report highlights a unique population of patients who have not previously been investigated. The clinical presentation and management of these cases are discussed in detail. Non-organic otolaryngology symptoms of conversiondisorder in the pediatric population are reviewed. In addition, we
Huntington's Disease in a Patient Misdiagnosed as ConversionDisorder Huntington's disease (HD) is an inherited, progressive, and neurodegenerative neuropsychiatric disorder caused by the expansion of cytosine-adenine-guanine (CAG) trinucleotide in Interested Transcript (IT) 15 gene on chromosome 4. This pathology typically presents in individuals aged between 30 and 50 years and the age of onset
Prosopagnosia as a Type of ConversionDisorderConversiondisorder is a common and debilitating condition that remains poorly understood. We present a previously undescribed form of conversiondisorder to highlight the complexity of the condition and consider the interplay of factors that produce conversion symptoms. A 50-year-old male presented with acquired prosopagnosia and language
Intravenous Haloperidol versus Midazolam in Management of ConversionDisorder; a Randomized Clinical Trial. Conversiondisorder is a condition in which the patient shows psychological stress in physical ways. This study aimed to compare the effects of haloperidol versus midazolam in patients with conversiondisorder. This double-blind randomized clinical trial was conducted on patients with conversiondisorder who had presented to the emergency department, throughout 2015. Patients were randomly divided into two groups and were either treated with 2.5 mg of intravenous (IV) haloperidol or 2.5 mg of IV midazolam. Recovery rate, time to recovery, and side effects of both drugs 1 hour, 24 hours, and 1 week after treatment were compared using SPSS19. 140 patients were divided into two groups
Quetiapine versus Haloperidol in Controlling ConversionDisorder Symptoms; a Randomized Clinical Trial. About 5% of visits to emergency departments are made up of conversiondisorder cases. This study was designed with the aim of comparing the effectiveness of quetiapine and haloperidol in controlling conversiondisorder symptoms. The present single-blind clinical trial has been performed on patients with conversiondisorder (based on the DSM-IV definition) presenting to emergency department of 9-Day Hospital, Torbat Heydariyeh, Iran, from January 2017 until May 2018. 73 patients were allocated to haloperidol and 71 to quetiapine group. Mean age of these patients was 32.03 ± 12.80 years (62.50% female). Two groups were similar regarding the baseline characteristics. Within 30 minutes, 90.41
Are psychogenic non-epileptic seizures just another symptom of conversiondisorder? Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) are classified with other functional neurological symptoms as 'ConversionDisorder', but there are reasons to wonder whether this symptomatology constitutes a distinct entity. We reviewed the literature comparing PNES with other functional neurological symptoms. We find
A Case of Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Presenting as ConversionDisorder . Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a rare disorder of the central nervous system. Its initial diagnosis may be obscured by its variable presentation. This case report illustrates the complexity of diagnosing this disease early in the clinical course, especially when the initial symptoms may be psychiatric. It offers a brief review of the literature and reinforces a role for consultation psychiatry services. . PUBMED/MEDLINE was searched using the terms "Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease", "psychiatric symptoms", "conversiondisorder", "somatic symptom disorder", "functional movement disorder", and "functional neurologic disorder". . The patient was a 64-year-old woman with no prior psychiatric history who was initially
Symptom-specific amygdala hyperactivity modulates motor control network in conversiondisorder Initial historical accounts as well as recent data suggest that emotion processing is dysfunctional in conversiondisorder patients and that this alteration may be the pathomechanistic neurocognitive basis for symptoms in conversiondisorder. However, to date evidence of direct interaction of altered negative emotion processing with motor control networks in conversiondisorder is still lacking. To specifically study the neural correlates of emotion processing interacting with motor networks we used a task combining emotional and sensorimotor stimuli both separately as well as simultaneously during functional magnetic resonance imaging in a well characterized group of 13 conversiondisorder patients
ConversionDisorder Comorbidity and Childhood Trauma The aim of this study is to examine the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics, the presence of comorbidity, and the link with childhood traumatic experiences in patients with conversiondisorder (CD) in a psychiatric outpatient clinic. A total of 60 literate, female patients between 18 and 65 years of age who were referred to the general psychiatry outpatient clinic and who were diagnosed with conversiondisorder according to the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria were included in the study. A questionnaire on sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS), the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS), the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HARS), the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Adjunctive Physical Activity for Functional Movement Disorders (ConversionDisorder): A Pilot, Single-Blinded, Randomized Study.
Postoperative ConversionDisorder Presenting as Inspiratory Stridor and Hemiparesis in a Pediatric Patient BACKGROUND Postoperative conversiondisorder is rare and has been reported. The diagnosis is usually made after all major organic causes have been ruled out. CASE REPORT We describe a case of a 13-year-old female who presented in the post-anesthesia care unit with acute-onset inspiratory hemiplegia and sensory loss, she was evaluated for stroke with head MRI and CT scans, which were normal. CONCLUSIONS After extensive workup and consideration of multiple etiologies for her presenting signs and symptoms, the most likely diagnosis was conversiondisorder.