conversion disorder
Let an agent explain conversion disorder or functional neurological disorder at a general, factual, respectful level from medical sources, relay that symptoms are genuine, and route personal concerns to a clinician while avoiding outdated or stigmatising terms.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain conversion disorder or functional neurological disorder at a general, factual, respectful level from medical sources, relay that symptoms are genuine, and route personal concerns to a clinician while avoiding outdated or stigmatising terms.
A condition, now usually called functional neurological disorder, in which a person has real neurological symptoms such as weakness, movement problems, non-epileptic seizures or sensory changes that are not explained by structural disease and are understood to arise from how the nervous system functions; the registry aliases name related presentations. The symptoms are genuine and not feigned, and the condition is diagnosed and managed by clinicians. This entry gives general, factual information, and any personal situation should be directed to a qualified clinician.
What it is for: Not applicable; a medical condition.
It can be explain the condition generally; relay that symptoms are genuine; note current terminology; route personal concerns to a clinician.
Distinguishing features
Genuine symptoms
No structural cause
Functional nervous system
Managed by clinicians
What it looks like
Not a visible object; genuine neurological symptoms without a structural cause.
Physical character
current name: functional neurological disorder note
symptoms: genuine, not feigned note
registry parents: functional neurologic disorder, somatic symptom disorder note
How it is recognised
Functional neurological symptoms without structural disease
Related functional presentations
Structural neurological disease has a physical lesion; these symptoms arise from nervous-system function
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of -
is contrasted with -
is contrasted with -
In practice
Families and kinds
functional weakness
functional movement disorder
non-epileptic seizures
Standards and regulation
Clinical diagnostic criteria
Failure modes and hazards
Implying symptoms are faked
Using outdated or stigmatising terms
Offering personal diagnosis
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.conversion-disorder
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What the condition is.
Attribution.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is functional neurological disorder, and how does it differ from structural disease? definition
- Is this a personal medical situation that needs a clinician? boundary
Genuine
Symptoms are genuine.
Genuine
Genuine.
- Why are the symptoms genuine and not feigned? definition
- Is stigmatising language avoided? boundary
Symptoms Symptoms.
Sources.
Presentations
Presentations.
Presentations
Presentations.
- What symptoms can the condition involve? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Mechanism
Mechanism.
Mechanism
Mechanism.
- How is the condition understood to arise, in general terms? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Care Care.
Attribution.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis.
- How is the condition diagnosed, in general terms? provenance
- Is diagnosis left to a clinician? boundary
Management
Management.
Management
Management.
- How is the condition managed and rehabilitated, in general terms? provenance
- Where should care be sought? action
Context Context.
Attribution.
Terminology
Terminology.
Terminology
Terminology.
- Why has terminology moved toward functional neurological disorder? provenance
- Are outdated terms avoided? boundary
Living
Living with it.
Living
Living.
- How does the condition affect daily life, as sources describe? provenance
- Is the tone respectful? boundary
What the second pass must settle
- Should presentations be separate entries?
- How should current terminology be preferred?
- How should personal concerns be routed?