Whilst "hysterical"
blindness, paralysis, anesthesia, dysphagia, and gait disturbance
have been described for many years, This patient confronts an acute
stressor that creates a psychic conflict, and the physical symptom(s)
serve as the resolution for the conflict
Conversion
Disorder - Conversion Disorder Authored by Michael Ross, M.D.,
Department of Traumatology and Emergency Medicine, Hartford Hospital
Edited by Jeffrey Glenn Bowman, M.D., M.S. Author Email: Michael Ross,
M.D. Editor's Email:Jeffrey Glenn Bowman, M.D., M.S. Author. 3/5
Conversion
Disorder - Physical symptoms that resemble those of a neurologic
disorder develop. The symptoms are triggered by mental factors such
as conflicts or other stresses. 2/5
Conversion
Disorder - Is defined by Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders, 4th Edition, Text Revision, also known as the DSM-IV-TR,as
a mental disorder whose central feature is the appearance of symptoms
affecting the patient's senses or voluntary movements that suggest
a neurological or general medical disease or condition.
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Conversion
Disorder - Conversion disorder is classified as one of the somatoform
disorders in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
of the American Psychiatric Association, Fourth Edition, Text Revision
(DSM-IV-TR).1 Although defined as a condition that presents as an
alteration or loss of a physical function suggestive of a physical
disorder, conversion disorder is presumed to be the expression of
an underlying psychological conflict or need. An Article by Seth Powsner,
MD. Not Rated
Conversion
Disorders - People can have symptoms of disease for all sorts
of reasons, but there is a small but significant subgroup of patients
for whom no physical cause serves to explain their symptoms. When
there is a presumed psychological explanation for the problem, this
is called a somatoform disorder. The most classical and specific of
the somatoform disorders is called conversion disorder - so called
because psychological stressors are converted into physical symptoms.
A BBC Article. Not Rated
What
is Conversion Disorder? - Conversion disorder is a rare psychological
disorder brought on by intense stress. The patient manifests physical
symptoms with no underlying physical cause, literally converting a
psychological issue into a physical problem. 3/5
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