Physical symptoms and signs can also sometimes help with an internal conflict. For instance, if you are coping with the desire to hurt someone, conversion disorder might cause you to become deadened, ...

Of all conditions treated in our field, perhaps none more clearly demonstrates the need for a dynamically-informed psychiatry than conversion disorder. The patient who presents with neurological ...

In part 2 of the case of Nancy, readers learned how conversion disorder not uncommonly develops alongside histrionic personality disorder. The question remains, however: What makes these conditions ...

Imagine you're just finishing up your lunch break when you suddenly can't move your legs. Up until this point, you were perfectly healthy with no signs of any kind of physical illness. It would be ...

More than a dozen girls in this tiny New York town have started displaying Tourette's-like symptoms, but nobody seems to know why. In the tiny town of LeRoy, New York (population 7,641), more than a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . PHILADELPHIA — Rochelle Caplan, MD, of the University of California, Los Angeles, discusses conversion disorder ...

The Kanaan et al. study was more about British neurologists' attitudes regarding conversion disorder than the disorder itself. Conversion disorder is common, but has so far not attracted the attention ...

This page lists all known medications that could potentially lead to 'Conversion disorder' as a side effect. It's important to note that mild side effects are quite common with medications. The ...

Background: Conversion disorder (CD) is a psychiatric disorder, yet the diagnosis cannot be established without the expertise of a neurologist, as distinguishing a functional from an organic symptom ...

Conversion disorder often appears after conflict or stress, though the person may not aware of this connection. He/she believes that the problem is physical. A very high percentage of people with ...

Study design: We present our cumulative experience with patients sustaining the most dramatic type of Conversion Disorder (CD) – Conversion Motor Paralysis. Setting: Rehabilitation departments, Reuth ...