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Posts exploring the historical development of medical diagnoses, diagnostic categories, and conceptual frameworks, including how older ideas shape current clinical practice.
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Is Conversion Disorder the same as Functional Neurological Disorder?
7 months ago
FND Nope
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FND Nope
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It is commonly understood that FND historically evolved from Conversion Disorder (CD), which in turn emerged from Hysteria.
Closing diagnostic doors : The Problem of Psychologisation
10 months ago
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The idea that physical health problems could be caused by psychological factors, that is mind, emotion, or behaviour, rather than by physical pathology, is hardly new. Its roots trace back to ancient civilisations, from Egypt, 1900 to 1500 BCE, to classical Greece, 5th to 4th century BCE, where hysteria-like symptoms were first described. These early ideas strongly influenced the development of medical psychologisation, later formalised in the DSM.
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