Chinese Expert Consensus on Diagnosis and Treatment of Psychiatric Dizziness

Abstract

The incidence of psychiatric dizziness is high. If clinicians do not have enough knowledge about it, they are prone to misdiagnose psychiatric dizziness as posterior circulation ischemic attack, cervical dizziness, vestibular peripheral vertigo or other diseases, thus leading to inappropriate examinations and treatments. With the increasing emphasis on psychosomatic diseases, the Holistic Health Coordination Group of the Psychosomatic Medicine Society of the Chinese Medical Association formulated the Chinese Expert Consensus on Diagnosis and Treatment of Psychiatric Dizziness in combination with the latest evidence in relevant fields at home and abroad, as well as the opinions of experts in psychosomatic health, mental disorders, vertigo and other fields. This consensus elaborated the concept, etiology and pathogenesis, clinical characteristics, diagnosis and evaluation, and various treatment approaches of psychiatric dizziness, and formulated the final expert consensus after multidisciplinary expert communication, aiming to provide a reference basis for standardized diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric dizziness.

Keywords

• psychiatric dizziness|dizziness|psychosomatic medicine|mental disorders|diagnosis|therapy|expert consensus|guidebook