Talk:Functional neurological deficit

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The page is now aetiologically out of date and needs the references to the organic cause of "functional" symptoms refined. Of particular note is work on phantom limb sydrome and the underlying organic stimulus behind these deficits (see hurst & stone)

a merge would not reflect the current debate about symptoms for which no diagnosis can currently be offered. A good analogy would be- prior to 1984 Hughes Syndrome must have been "functional". The percentage of sufferers diagnosed as hysterical must be vast. (Hughes mimics Multiple Sclerosis without lesions on scan, hence easy misdiagnosis as hysterical)

Simon 20:44, 3 October 2006 (UTC)alpinist

Simon - I have just re-read the Wikipedia pages on "Functional weakness" and "Functional Neurological Deficit". Whilst they reflect your views they are not balanced in their presentation. I suggest that they are both altered to be signposts to the conversion disorder article but highlighting that there are different ways of looking at and describing the problem. Whilst some doctors may use 'functional' as code, many do not and this approach should be reflected. The issue of misdiagnosis is important but should not be allowed to dominate. There seems little point in me trying to do with this without your agreement since you have more time to 'undo' any changes I might make

--Boris69 (talk) 23:07, 13 January 2008 (UTC)