title: Efficacy of brief interdisciplinary psychotherapeutic intervention for motor conversion disorder and nonepileptic attacks.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective was to compare a brief interdisciplinary psychotherapeutic intervention to standard care as treatments for patients recently diagnosed with severe motor conversion disorder or nonepileptic attacks.
  
  
  METHODS
  This randomized controlled trial of 23 consecutive patients compared (a) an interdisciplinary psychotherapeutic intervention group receiving four to six sessions by a consultation liaison psychiatrist, the first and last sessions adding a neurological consultation and a joint psychiatric and neurological consultation, and (b) a standard care group. After intervention, patients were assessed at 2, 6 and 12 months with the Somatoform Dissociation Questionnaire (SDQ-20), Clinical Global Impression scale, Rankin scale, use of medical care, global mental health [Montgomery and Asberg Depression Rating Scale, Beck Depression Inventory, mental health component of Short Form (SF)-36] and quality of life (SF-36). We calculated linear mixed models.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Our intervention brought a statistically significant improvement of physical symptoms [as measured by the SDQ-20 (P<.02) and the Clinical Global Impression scale (P=.02)] and psychological symptoms [better scores on the mental health component of the SF-36 (P<.05) and on the Beck Depression Inventory (P<.05)] and a reduction in new hospital stays after intervention (P<.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A brief psychotherapeutic intervention taking advantage of a close collaboration with neurology consultants in the setting of consultation liaison psychiatry appears effective.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatric Liaison Service, Department of Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Rue du Bugnon 44, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: monica.hubschmid@vidymed.ch.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hubschmid
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Rue du Bugnon 44, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: selma.aybek@unige.ch.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aybek
authors.affiliation: Psychiatric Liaison Service, Department of Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Rue du Bugnon 44, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: giorgio.maccaferri@chuv.ch.
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Maccaferri
authors.affiliation: Psychiatric Liaison Service, Department of Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Rue du Bugnon 44, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: oury.chocron@chuv.ch.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Chocron
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Rue du Bugnon 44, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: mehdi.gholam@chuv.ch.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Gholamrezaee
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Rue du Bugnon 44, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: andrea.rossetti@chuv.ch.
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Rossetti
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Rue du Bugnon 44, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: francois.vingerhoets@chuv.ch.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vingerhoets
authors.affiliation: Psychiatric Liaison Service, Department of Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Rue du Bugnon 44, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: alexandre.berney@chuv.ch.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berney
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003291:Conversion Disorder / Q000628:therapy*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004213:Dissociative Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Conversion disorder; Dissociative disorder; Functional neurological symptom disorder; Nonepileptic attack; Psychotherapeutic intervention