Conversion Disorder
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Treatment of conversion disorder. A clinical and holistic approach.

30 Jul 2009 Conversion disorder is rare, but when it affects a young woman on the verge of adulthood, it can be devastating. The intent of this article is to encourage others by describing the success that psychiatry and alternative medicine can offer to ... Read more...

The hypnotic diagnostic interview for hysterical disorders, pediatric form.

29 Jun 2009 This article reports on the use of hypnosis to facilitate the diagnostic process in two cases of pediatric hysterical reactions. The Hypnotic Diagnostic Interview for Hysterical Disorders (HDIHD), an interview tool, specifically designed for these ... Read more...

Self-protective organization in children with conversion and somatoform disorders.

17 May 2009 OBJECTIVE: Two centuries of clinical observations have suggested that conversion symptoms are associated with strong emotions or situations that threaten the individual's physical or psychological integrity. This study tested the hypothesis that ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Conversion Disorder'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Treatment of conversion disorder. A clinical and holistic approach. 30 Jul 2009
• The hypnotic diagnostic interview for hysterical disorders, pediatric form. 29 Jun 2009
• Mass possession state in a family setting. 30 May 2009
• Stiff-person syndrome: commonly mistaken for hysterical paralysis. 24 May 2009
• Self-protective organization in children with conversion and somatoform disorders. 17 May 2009
• Motor inhibition in hysterical conversion paralysis. 16 May 2009
• Long-lasting conversion disorder and hospitalization in a young girl: importance of early recognition and intervention. 29 Apr 2009
• [Epidural anesthesia in labor and conversion disorder] 29 Apr 2009
• Family functioning among depressive and dissociative (conversion) patients. 29 Apr 2009
• [Complex regional pain syndrome type II or psychogenic painful finger contracture?] 30 Mar 2009
• Neural correlates of motor conversion disorder. 30 Mar 2009
• [Conversion disorder - review] 30 Mar 2009
• The study of allergic skin test in patients with globus pharyngeus: a preliminary report. 30 Mar 2009
• Brain dysfunction behind functional symptoms: neuroimaging and somatoform, conversive, and dissociative disorders. 27 Feb 2009
• Psychiatric symptoms and dissociation in conversion, somatization and dissociative disorders. 27 Feb 2009
• Cauda equina syndrome with normal MR imaging. 23 Feb 2009
• A case of psychogenic purpura in a female child. 30 Jan 2009
• Type of presentation of dissociative disorder and frequency of co-morbid depressive disorder. 30 Jan 2009
• [Postpartum blindness following postdural puncture headache] 30 Jan 2009
• [A case of conversion disorder (hysteria) after spinal anesthesia] 30 Jan 2009

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Technical information about 'Conversion Disorder'

Definition: A disorder whose predominant feature is a loss or alteration in physical functioning that suggests a physical disorder but that is actually a direct expression of a psychological conflict or need.

Descriptor UI: D003291

Alternative terms: Conversion Disorder; Conversion Disorders; Hysteria, Conversion; Conversion Hysteria; Conversion Hysterias; Hysterias, Conversion; Conversion Reaction; Conversion Reactions; Reaction, Conversion; Reactions, Conversion; Globus Hystericus; Astasia-Abasia; Astasia Abasia;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F03.875.300;

Online Note: use CONVERSION DISORDER to search CONVERSION REACTION & HYSTERIA, CONVERSION 1969-80, GLOBUS HYSTERICUS 1974-80, & ASTASIA-ABASIA 1970-78

History Note: 81; was CONVERSION REACTION 1969-80; GLOBUS HYSTERICUS was see under CONVERSION REACTION 1974-80; ASTASIA-ABASIA was see under CONVERSION REACTION 1970-78; HYSTERIA, CONVERSION was see under CONVERSION REACTION 1969-78

Technical Notes: use Cat F3 qualif; X ref GLOBUS HYSTERICUS: of psychogenic origin but globus sensation of non-psychogenic origin is indexed under DEGLUTITION DISORDERS or specific organ/dis or other disease heading