Visual Conversion Reaction in Children

Rada, Richard T.; Krill, Alex E.; Meyer, George G.; Armstrong, Dorothy

doi:10.1016/s0033-3182(73)71319-0

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“…Long-term follow-up pointed to serious impairments in the study by Robins & O'Neal [ 17 ]. More positive results were reported by other research groups [ 20 , 18 , 21 ]. In line with other studies [ 1 , 22 ] we found an association between psychiatric morbidity and psychosocial functioning.…”

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confidence: 65%

Long-term outcome and prognosis of dissociative disorder with onset in childhood or adolescence

Jans¹,

Schneck-Seif²,

Tobias³

et al. 2008

Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health

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Background: In the majority of cases short-term treatment outcome of juvenile dissociative disorder is rather favourable. In contrast, the long-term course seems to be less positive, but meaningful results are still fragmentary. The aim of this follow-up study is to bridge this gap to some extent describing the long-term outcome of juvenile dissociative disorder in a clinical sample. To our knowledge there is no comparable other long-term follow-up study which is based on a case definition according to actual classification systems using standardized interviews for individual assessment of the patients at the time of follow-up.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 65%

Long-term outcome and prognosis of dissociative disorder with onset in childhood or adolescence

Jans¹,

Schneck-Seif²,

Tobias³

et al. 2008

Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health

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“…Previous follow-up studies of functional visual loss in children (Rada, Krill, Meyer, & Armstrong, 1973;van Balen, & Slijper, 1978) and in adults (Kathol et al, 1983) have shown that only about half of the patients had recovered normal visual acuity. Our follow-up study of children who had not undergone suggestion therapy also showed a similar result, while significantly more of those who had undergone this therapy were reported to have normal visual acuity at follow-up.…”

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confidence: 95%

Functional Visual Loss in Childhood and Suggestibility

Abe

Suzuki

2000

Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry

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A B S T R A C T Visual disturbance in which no organic ophthalmological or neurological abnormalities are found is referred to as functional (or psychogenic) visual loss. Based on our preliminary results on this disorder, we set out to examine whether the individual's suggestibility and the effect of suggestion play a major role in its etiology and course; specifically, whether the age trend of suggestibility is reflected in the age distribution of this disorder and whether a non-damaging physical trauma of the face or head precipitates visual loss in a large number of cases, and whether suggestion therapy is effective. Fifty-nine children with this disorder, 43 girls (73%) and 16 boys (27%), were studied. The distribution of their age-of-onset peaked at 8-9 years and was similar to the age trend for suggestibility in childhood. The visual loss had followed a minor trauma to the head, conjunctivitis or eye pain in 32% of the cases. Thirty-three children were treated with simple suggestion and 28 (85%) recovered visual acuity within four sessions. These results indicate that suggestibility is associated with this disorder and that suggestion therapy is effective for its treatment. K E Y W O R D S age of onset, functional (psychogenic) visual loss, physical trauma, suggestibility, suggestion therapy

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“…3 5 23 43 44 Good prognostic indicators include young age and absence of any associated psychiatric disease 343 Of those with a poor visual recovery, however, living incapacity can sometimes result.…”

Section: Visual Prognosismentioning

confidence: 99%