Visual Therapy in Hysterical Blindness – A Case Study

S.Marshall, BAppSci(Hons)(Orth), DOBA
C.Sheriff, DipAppSci(Orth), DOBA
L.Kennedy, DipAppSci(Orth), DOBA

A general overview of some of the features and methods of investigating and managing patients with resumed functional visual disorders is presented, together with a case study of such a patient. Following numerous investigations, including psychiatric evaluation, the patient was referred for visual therapy in an attempt to improve his left visual acuity. With much encouragements and intensive orthoptic exercises over a period of four weeks, the recorded vision in the left eye improved from no perception of light to 6/6.