Functional Visual Loss: Diagnosis, Pearls, and Pitfalls
Creator
Gregory Van Stavern, MD
Affiliation
Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Subject
Functional Vision Loss
Description
The notion of functional vision loss dates to antiquity (1). Given its longstanding history and presence in religious, mythological, and literary contexts, it is not surprising that functional vision loss been described using different terms. Hysterical vision loss, factitious vision loss, ocular conversion reaction, psychogenic visual disturbances, and many other terms all share a common thread of attributing the process to a psychiatric cause.
Date
2022-02
Language
eng
Format
video/mp4
Type
Image/MovingImage
Source
2022 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of
NANOS Annual Meeting 2022: Functional Disorders and the Neuro-Ophthalmologist
