RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Outcome in conversion disorder: a follow up study.
JF Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
JO J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 750
OP 752
DO 10.1136/jnnp.58.6.750
VO 58
IS 6
A1 W Couprie
A1 E F Wijdicks
A1 H G Rooijmans
A1 J van Gijn
YR 1995
UL http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/58/6/750.abstract
AB Fifty six patients who had been admitted with a conversion disorder other than pseudoseizures were interviewed; mostly by telephone. The median interval was 4.5 years. If a patient had improved during a stay in hospital the eventual outcome was good in 96%, against only 30% in the others (risk ratio 3.2 (95% CI 1.8-5.6)). Rapid improvement was, in turn, related to recent onset of the symptoms. Two patients (4%) subsequently developed an organic deficit that, in retrospect, might be related to the initial episode.