Functional Neurologic Symptom Disorder

Diagnostic Criteria

• A) One or more symptoms of altered voluntary motor or sensory function.
• B) Clinical findings provide evidence of incompatibility between the symptom and recognized neurologic or medical conditions.
• C) The symptom is not better explained by another medical or mental disorder.
• D) The symptom causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning or warrants medical evaluation.

Specify symptom type

• Weakness or paralysis, abnormal movements, swallowing symptoms, speech symptom, attacks/seizures, anesthesia/sensory loss, special sensory symptom (e.g., visual, olfactory, hearing), or mixed symptoms.