Is Crps a Somatoform Disorder

CRPS should always be considered as an alternate diagnosis to a somatoform Disorder, if the patient presents with pain elicited by an injury that appears out of proportion to the trauma or symptoms of pain that cannot be explained by standard models of pain etiology.

What kind of disorder is CRPS?

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a form of chronic pain that usually affects an arm or a leg. CRPS typically develops after an injury, a surgery, a stroke or a heart attack.

Is CRPS a functional neurological disorder?

On the other hand, CRPS has been found to meet at least three out of four criteria of malingering, which was previously a DSM-IV diagnosis; and its diagnostic criteria are virtually identical to current DSM-5 Functional Neurological Disorder (“FND”), and proposed ICD-11 classification, which includes FND as a distinct …