Conversion Disorder
Conversion disorder is a mental condition in which a person has blindness, paralysis, or other nervous system (neurologic) symptoms that cannot be explained by medical evaluation.
Cluster Number:
Wiki Number: W049
Diagnosis: Conversion Disorder
US Patients: 0.11-0.5%
World Patients:
Sex Ratio: 1M;4W
Age Onset: Ages-10-35
Brain Area: large epinephrine release
Symptoms: psychologically triggered neurological symptoms, numbness, blindness, paralysis or fits,etc.
Progression: Trauma suddenly converted by the brain into physical limitations.
Causes: serious difficulties when no physical basis can be found; usually in motor or sensory systems
Medications:
Therapies: hypnosis, psychotherapy, physical therapy, stress management, transcranial magnetic stimulation; depression may occur.
Youtube Video: A patient’s journey of recovery from
Functional Neurological Disorder at Mass General Hospital
Amazon or Library Book: Out Of My Mind (Conversion Disorder)
Click the book to link or order from Amazon.
Support Group: facebook.com/groups/859712170775277 (Conversion Disorder Group)
Contact your local Social Security office for possible Disability Benefits through their Disability Determination Services,
Section 12.07.
4 CURRENT ARTICLES
FROM PUBMED
The world-wide medical research
reports chosen for each diagnosis
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PubMed article’s summary-abstract.
- A Rare Presentation of Shared Phenomenon in Dissociative Disorders in Extreme of Ages: A Report of Two Casesby Anurag Sengar on January 26, 2023
Conversion disorders (CD) are changes in sensorimotor activity experienced by an individual due to an external event. Patients may experience "pseudoseizures" accompanied by the presence or absence of loss of consciousness. Disorders of movement and sensation is the term used to classify the various kinds of CDs in the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) diagnostic manual, and they are the rarest among all dissociative disorders. We will discuss two instances that...
- Evolution of Clinical Outcome Measures and Biomarkers in Sporadic Adult-Onset Degenerative Ataxiaby Demet Oender on January 25, 2023
CONCLUSIONS: This study provides detailed information on differential evolution and prognostic relevance of biomarkers in MSA-C and SAOA. © 2023 The Authors. Movement Disorders published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.
- Manifestation of Hydrogen Bonding and Exciton Delocalization on the Absorption and Two-Dimensional Electronic Spectra of Chlorosomesby Vesna Erić on January 25, 2023
Chlorosomes are supramolecular aggregates that contain thousands of bacteriochlorophyll molecules. They perform the most efficient ultrafast excitation energy transfer of all natural light-harvesting complexes. Their broad absorption band optimizes light capture. In this study, we identify the microscopic sources of the disorder causing the spectral width and reveal how it affects the excited state properties and the optical response of the system. We combine molecular dynamics, quantum chemical...
- Clinical assessment of impulsiveness and defence mechanisms in young patients with mood disorders in a two-year prospective studyby Aleksandra Rajewska-Rager on January 23, 2023
CONCLUSIONS: Patients with acute mood symptoms used more frequent immature defences and had significantly higher total impulsivity scores than healthy persons. A lack of differences in total defence styles and impulsiveness between patients with acute symptoms and after reaching euthymia in both MDD and BD groups indicates that they are independent of disease status. Dissociation defence mechanisms may be an early diagnostic indicator of BD.