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.
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- Compacting Molecular Stacking and Inhibiting Self-Aggregation in Fullerene Transporting Layer for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cellsby Dan He on March 22, 2025
The underdevelopment of electron transport layer (ETL) materials remains a critical bottleneck limiting the overall photovoltaic performance of inverted perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Fullerene derivatives, such as PCBM, are widely employed ETL materials in PSCs due to their excellent electron affinity and energy level alignment with perovskite layer. However, PCBM suffers from high energy disorder, self-aggregation predilection, and insufficient defect passivation ability, leading to...
- Conversion between NMSS and MDS-NMS in Parkinson's Diseaseby Michela Garon on March 20, 2025
CONCLUSIONS: Our conversion equations enable direct comparison of the NMSS and MDS-NMS instruments, facilitating data comparability across studies. © 2025 International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.
- Minimizing Energy Loss by Designing Multifunctional Solid Additives to Independent Regulation of Donor and Acceptor Layers for Efficient LBL Polymer Solar Cellsby Junying Wang on March 20, 2025
Solid additives are crucial in layer-by-layer (LBL) polymer solar cells (PSCs). Despite its importance, the simultaneous application of solid additives into both donor and acceptor layers has been largely overlooked. In this work, two multifunctional solid additives are actively designed, and investigated the synergistic effect on both donor and acceptor layers. Incorporating the multifunctional solid additives into the donor layer could effectively enhance the aggregation and molecular stacking...
- Association of Cardiovascular Autonomic Failure With Progression and Phenoconversion in Isolated REM Sleep Behavior Disorderby Luca Baldelli on March 20, 2025
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Isolated REM sleep behavior disorder (iRBD) is a prodromal state of α-synucleinopathies, presenting years before overt neurodegenerative disorders. Autonomic nervous system (ANS) involvement, particularly cardiovascular autonomic failure, may indicate progression. However, its role as a (multidimensional) marker for disease progression and phenoconversion remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate whether cardiovascular autonomic failure and symptoms of autonomic...