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DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for conversion disorder

DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for conversion disorder
A. One or more symptoms of altered voluntary motor or sensory function.
B. Clinical findings provide evidence of incompatibility between the symptom and recognized neurological or medical conditions.
C. The symptom or deficit is not better explained by another medical or mental disorder.
D. The symptom or deficit causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning or warrants medical evaluation.
Specify symptom type:
With weakness or paralysis
With abnormal movement (eg, tremor, dystonic movement, myoclonus, gait disorder)
With swallowing symptoms
With speech symptoms (eg, dysphonia, slurred speech)
With attacks or seizures
With anesthesia or sensory loss
With special sensory symptoms (eg, visual, olfactory, or hearing disturbance)
With mixed symptoms
Reprinted with permission from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (Copyright © 2013). American Psychiatric Association. All Rights Reserved.
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