Fonksiyonel Nörolojik Bozukluklar İçin İlginç Bir Model: Psikojenik Disfoniye Bütüncül Yaklaşım
An Interesting Model for Functional Neurological Disorders: Integrative Approach to Psychogenic Dysphonia

Summary/Abstract: Functional neurological disorder or conversion disorder, is a mental disorder that manifests itself with neurological symptoms that cannot be explained by a neurological condition or medical condition. Psychogenic dysphonia is a symptom type of functional neurological disorders. With DSM-5, the diagnostic criteria of conversion disorder have changed and as a result, it is imperative to develop a new perspective on the diagnosis and treatment of conversion disorder. Also recently, functional neurological disease definition has been used instead of the definition of conversion disorder. Thus, an integrative approach was required in the diagnosis, evaluation and treatment of this disorder. Studies on functional neurological disorders have uncovered psychogenic dysphonies. The present review aimed the analyzing the literature to illuminate diagnosis, evaluation and treatment approaches in the patients with psychogenic dysphonies. Psychogenic dysphonia is very interesting in terms of its formation with emotional distress as well as its response to a functional intervention such as standard circular laryngeal therapy. Therefore, psychogenic dysphonia is an interesting model for the diagnosis, evaluation and treatment of functional neurological disorders. As psychogenic dysphonia symptoms and psychological factors mutually affect each other, the combination of voice therapy and psychotherapy for symptoms seem to be the gold standard treatment for now.

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