A Case Series from Rantauprapat, La Belle Indifference: A Coping Mechanism or Is There Something Organic Behind?
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2019.405Keywords:
La belle indifference, DSM-5, Rantauprapat, GAF Scale, triggerAbstract
BACKGROUND: La belle indifference, a term that is inexhaustible to discuss, albeit there is no single definition that best describes the condition. To date, la belle indifference has gotten no place in the DSM-5 criteria for being a distinct entity of mental health issue.
CASE REPORTS: We reported 3 cases with la belle indifference. These patients include a stroke patient with right-sided hemiparesis, a patient suffering from neuropathic pain because of diabetic neuropathy, and a patient with cardiac dyspnea due to chronic heart failure — these three cases presented with a similar clinical profile that is the trigger for developing la belle indifference.
CONCLUSIONS: La belle indifference has varying symptom spectrum, and there is always something called “trigger†to induce it.
Downloads
Metrics
Plum Analytics Artifact Widget Block
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2019 Muhammad R. Khaddafi, Mustafa M. Amin (Author)
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0