From psychogenic movement disorder to functional movement disorder: It's time to change the name

• Published in: Movement disorders Vol. 29; no. 7; pp. 849 - 852
• Main Authors: Edwards, Mark J., Stone, Jon, Lang, Anthony E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2014; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: conversion disorder; Conversion Disorder - diagnosis; Conversion Disorder - psychology; functional; Humans; Movement; Movement disorders; Movement Disorders - diagnosis; Movement Disorders - psychology; psychogenic; Psychophysiologic Disorders - diagnosis; Psychophysiologic Disorders - psychology; Somatoform Disorders - diagnosis; Somatoform Disorders - psychology; functional; conversion disorder; psychogenic

ABSTRACT Successive attempts at rebranding may be behind at least some of the proliferation of terms we have at our disposal when describing patients with what are now most often referred to as “psychogenic,” “conversion,” or “somatoform” symptoms. The most popular term in the movement disorder lite...