
Neurocognitive symptoms are common in individuals with somatic symptom and related disorders (SSRD), but little is known about the specific impairments in neurocognitive domains in patients with conversion disorder (CD)/functional neurological disorder (FND). This study examines neurocognitive functioning in patients with CD/FND compared to patients with other SSRD. The sample consisted of 318 patients. Twenty‐nine patients were diagnosed with CD/FND, mean age 42.4, standard deviation (SD) = 13.8 years, 79.3% women, and 289 patients had other SSRD (mean age 42.1, SD = 13.3, 60.2% women). Patients completed a neuropsychological test battery that addressed a broad range of neurocognitive domains, including information processing speed, attention and executive functioning. Patients with CD/FND had clinically significant neurocognitive deficits in all neurocognitive domains based on normative data comparison. Patients with CD/FND also performed significantly worse than patients with other SSRD on information processing speed (Digit Symbol Substitution Test ( V = .115, p = .035), Stroop Color–Word Test (SCWT) card 1 ( V = .190, p = .006), and SCWT card 2 ( V = .244, p < .001). No CD/FND vs. other SSRD differences were observed in other neurocognitive domains. These findings indicate the patients with CD/FND perform worse on information processing speed tests compared to patients with other SSRD.
SOMATOFORM DISORDERS, Adult, Male, SYMPTOMS, CONTROLLED CLINICAL-TRIAL, PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURES, INHIBITION, neuropsychology, GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER, Neuropsychological Tests, somatic symptom and related disorders, THERAPY, Executive Function, Cognition, DEFICITS, functional neurological disorder, Humans, HYPNOSIS, conversion disorder, Original Articles, DEPRESSION, Conversion Disorder, neurocognitive functioning, Female, Nervous System Diseases, Developmental Psychopathology
SOMATOFORM DISORDERS, Adult, Male, SYMPTOMS, CONTROLLED CLINICAL-TRIAL, PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURES, INHIBITION, neuropsychology, GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER, Neuropsychological Tests, somatic symptom and related disorders, THERAPY, Executive Function, Cognition, DEFICITS, functional neurological disorder, Humans, HYPNOSIS, conversion disorder, Original Articles, DEPRESSION, Conversion Disorder, neurocognitive functioning, Female, Nervous System Diseases, Developmental Psychopathology
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