The influence of hysterical symptoms on the comorbid mental disorders

Abstract

Objective — to investigate the influence of conversion-dissociative (hysterical) disorder on comorbid mental disorders. Material and methods. Authors examined 154 inpatients with conversion-dissociative disorder with comorbid mental pathology. Results and conclusion. Conversion-dissociative hysterical symptoms mask or mimic main clinical manifestations of comorbid mental disorders and facilitate its exacerbations and deterioration.