title: Functionalism: the penumbra of psychiatric diagnoses.
abstract: Functionalism, as generally understood, is not included in DSM-III-R. It differs from somatization and hysteria. Analysis of cases of functional overlay indicates the presence of a fixed attitude--depending on body-image distortion, feelings of injustice toward the existing medicolegal methodology, social and economic impairment, anger against legal delays, and a conviction of the futility of treatment or of attempts at rehabilitation. It should be included in DSM-IV as a subset under posttraumatic stress disorder.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bromberg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012931:Social Environment; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology*