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Encyclopedia: Conversion disorder
Conversion disorder is a condition where patients present with neurological symptoms such as numbness, paralysis, or fits, but where no neurological explanation can be found. It is thought that these ...
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Despite attempts over the past century to abolish and reinstate the condition by using different labels, conversion hysteria continues to attract...
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Q What is conversion disorder?; A. Conversion disorder or Hysteria is a disorder whereby a person expresses emotional turmoil by converting it into a bodily symptom. It is now called as PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS AFFECTING MEDICAL CONDITIONS.
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Definition of conversion hysteria in the AudioEnglish.net Dictionary. Meaning of conversion hysteria. What does conversion hysteria mean?
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Definition of conversion hysteria neurosis from the online medical dictionary hosted by mondofacto.
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Drake ME Jr. Conversion hysteria and dominant hemisphere lesions. Psychosomatics. Nov-Dec 1993;34(6):524-30. [Medline]. conversion disorder, conversion reactions, hysteria, depression, somatoform disorder, psychiatric condition, psychological conflict, psychological need, paralysis, sensory disturbances,
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May 1, 2009 conversion disorder, conversion reactions, hysteria, depression, somatoform disorder, psychiatric condition, psychological conflict,
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noun. a converting or being converted; specif.,. a change from lack of faith to religious belief; adoption of a religion; a change from one belief,
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A conversion disorder is characterized by the loss of a bodily function, Though the role of the mind in creating and maintaining illness has been known since antiquity, terms such as hysteria or psychosomatic illness have lost their meaning over time. All illnesses are "psychosomatic:" they occur in an individual at...
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