title: The classification of conversion disorder (functional neurologic symptom disorder) in ICD and DSM.
abstract: The name given to functional neurologic symptoms has evolved over time in the different editions of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), reflecting a gradual move away from an etiologic conception rooted in hysterical conversion to an empiric phenomenologic one, emphasizing the central role of the neurologic examination and testing in demonstrating that the symptoms are incompatible with recognized neurologic disease pathophysiology, or are internally inconsistent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, USA. Electronic address: jlevenson@mcvh-vcu.edu.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Levenson
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sharpe
mesh_terms: D003291:Conversion Disorder / Q000145:classification*; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D006801:Humans; D038801:International Classification of Diseases; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000145:classification* / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM); International Classification of Diseases (ICD); classification; conversion disorder; functional neurologic symptom disorder; psychogenic