STUDY OF SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC ASPECTS AND PSYCHIATRIC COMORBIDITIES IN CONVERSION DISORDER(FUNCTIONAL NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOMPS DISORDER)

DR.KHUSHBU DINESHBHAI TANDEL; DR.MEHUL BRAHMBHATT; DR.MINAKSHI PARIKH

Volume : VII, Issue : XII, December - 2018

STUDY OF SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC ASPECTS AND PSYCHIATRIC COMORBIDITIES IN CONVERSION DISORDER(FUNCTIONAL NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOMPS DISORDER)

Dr. Khushbu Dineshbhai Tandel, Dr. Mehul Brahmbhatt, Dr. Minakshi Parikh

Abstract :

Objectives:To find out Psychiatric comorbidities and sociodemographic aspects of conversion disorder(CD).Method: 60 consecutive patients diagnosed with CD were included in study.Scales to be used:1.Mini international neuropsychiatry interview scale 2.Kuppuswamy socio–economic scale.Results: At least one psychiatric diagnosis was found in 85.6.% of the patients during study.Somatoform disorder, generalized anxiety disorder,depressive disorder,simple phobia, major depression, were the most prevalent psychiatric disorders.Conclusions:Comorbid psychaitric disorder should alert clinicians for a more chronic and severe psychopathology among patients with CD.