Functional weakness: clues to mechanism from the nature of onset.

Journal article

BACKGROUND: Functional weakness describes weakness which is inconsistent and incongruent with disease. It is also referred to as motor conversion disorder (DSM-IV), dissociative motor disorder (ICD-10) and 'psychogenic' paralysis. Studies of aetiology have focused on risk factors such as childhood adversity and life events; information on the nature and circumstance of symptom onset may shed light on the mechanism of symptom formation. AIM: To describe the mode of onset, associated symptoms ...

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Authors: Stone, J; Warlow, C; Sharpe, M

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry
• Volume: 83
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 67-69
• Publication date: 2012-01-01
• DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2011-300125
• EISSN: 1468-330X
• ISSN: 0022-3050
• Language: English
• Keywords: Muscle Weakness; Male; Fatigue; Adult; Migraine Disorders; Panic Disorder; Interview, Psychological; Dissociative Disorders; Wounds and Injuries; Conversion Disorder; Female; Humans