Conversion disorder (CD) is a psychiatric disease but the diagnosis cannot be established without the help of a trained neurologist, as the main criterion formulates that the neurological symptom ...

The leading theory now is that the girls suffer from what is known as "conversion disorder." From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered ...

Jasmine, who lives in Peterborough, had undergone various tests for three years before she was seen at a mental health centre in Cambridge, and diagnosed with somatoform disorder, or conversion ...

The findings have implications for the development of new criteria for conversion disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Espay et al. 4 asked members of the ...

Functional movement disorders (FMD), previously referred to as “psychogenic” movement disorders, are characterized by abnormal movements, postures or spasms, such as shaking (irregular tremor) or ...

This volume gives all of the available, up-to-date information on when to think about conversion in movement disorders, how to make a diagnosis, how to use the laboratory to support a clinical ...

Conversion disorder is a mental health condition where psychological distress manifests as physical symptoms like paralysis ...

The 26-year-old, who has been diagnosed with conversion disorder and anxiety, also revealed how she was physically and ...