Cognitive profile in functional disorders.

Introduction: Patients with functional disorders (FD) often experience cognitive problems such as forgetfulness and distractibility alongside physical symptoms that cannot be attributed to a known somatic disease.

Method: Test scores of cognitive tests and psychiatric rating scales of 100 outpatients diagnosed with a functional disorder were compared to a control group (n = 300) of patients with other diagnoses and to test norms for the general population.

Results: Out of the 100 patients with functional disorders, 59 reported significant subjective cognitive symptoms.