Functional Ophthalmic Disorders

Robert W. Enzenauer, MD, MPHProfessor and Chief, Department of OphthalmologyChildren's Hospital of ColoradoThomas J. O'Donnell, MDAssistant Residency Program Director, Department of OphthalmologyUniversity of Tennessee Health Science CenterAssistant Professor Ophthalmology, Department of OphthalmologyUniversity of Tennessee Health Science CenterChief of Neuro-Ophthalmology, Department of OphthalmologyUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center William Randolph Morris, MDChief, Ophthalmic Pathology Service, Department of OphthalmologyUniversity of TennesseeDirector of Medical Student Clerkships, Ophthalmology, Surgical Specialties Clerkship and Elective Ophthalmology ClerkshipAssistant Professor, PathologyUniversity of Tennessee, Center for the Health SciencesAssociate Professor, OphthalmologyUniversity of Tennessee, Center for the Health SciencesJill S. Montrey, MD, FACSMedical and Grant Writer/Editor.

• 1. Introduction And Terminology.- 2. History Of Functional Disorders.- 3. Hysterical Ocular Functional Disorders.- 4. Ocular Malingering.- 5.  Differentiating Ocular Functional Disorders: Hysteria Versus Malingering.- 6. Overview Of The Clinician – Patient Interaction.- 7. Techniques And Tests For Functional Ophthalmic Disorders.- 8. Testing For Functional Total Blindness.- 9. Tests For Simulation Of Monocular Blindness.- 10. Tests For Decreased Vision.- 11. Tests For Miscellaneous Functional Visual Complaints.- 12. Tests Of Historical Interest In Functional Visual Loss.