Laura McWhirter

2 months ago | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Verónica Cabreira |Laura McWhirter |Jon Stone |Alan Carson

1 Introduction Functional cognitive disorder (FCD) is the cognitive subtype of functional neurological disorder (FND) [1]. The term is used to describe cognitive symptoms that are persistent and distressing and whose distinguishing feature is the presence of internal inconsistency [2]. FCD accounts for up to a quarter of patients attending memory services [3] and is also common in other medical conditions such as chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia and irritable bowel syndrome [4].

Jan 12, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Jon Stone |Ingrid Hoeritzauer |Laura McWhirter |Alan Carson

Functional neurological disorder (FND) is classified in the DSM-5-TR as “functional neurological symptom disorder (conversion disorder)” and in the chapter on mental disorders of the ICD-11 as “dissociative neurological symptom disorder”.