Conversion Disorder

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Conversion Disorder: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Conversion disorder is classified as one of the somatoform disorders in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR).1 Although defined as a condition that ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Conversion disorder is classified as a somatoform disorder & is thought to be an expression of psychological conflict. http://bit.ly/90CIzo

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Neurology Medical News about Conversion Disorder

mdlinx.com — “Emotional stimuli and motor conversion disorderView full resource at mdlinx.com

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What is Conversion Disorder? | HealthGuru

mental.healthguru.com — “Plato recognized hysteria as a mental illness. But it was Sigmund Freud who named the mental condition conversion disorder. In this personality disorder, psychological stress manifests as physical symptoms like having a seizure, or going blind.View full resource at mental.healthguru.com

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Conversion disorder means that mental illness has turned into physical symptoms. Learn what it was called in the 1800s. http://ow.ly/5c6sV

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Student BMJ: Conversion disorder for lay public consumption

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Conversion disorder for lay public consumption: DOI: 10.1136/sbmj.d6846 http://t.co/5Yqbjyp9

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Neurology Medical News about Conversion Disorder

mdlinx.com — “The symptom of functional weakness: a controlled study of 107 patientsView full resource at mdlinx.com

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The symptom of functional weakness: a controlled study of 107 patients: Brain http://bit.ly/aPBz6S #neurology #mdlinx

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Conversion Disorder: eMedicine Pediatrics: Developmental and Behavioral

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Conversion disorder is part of the group of somatoform disorders that were first delineated as a class of psychiatric disorders in 1980 in the American Psychiatric Association's (APA)Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), 3rd edition ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Updated information on current perspectives and frequency in the eMedicine article Conversion Disorder. http://bit.ly/a9UH5j

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Scott Mendelson, M.D.: Conversion Disorder and Mass Hysteria

huffingtonpost.com — “For an episode of mass hysteria to begin, all that is necessary is troubled times in the culture, a shared set of beliefs and a final, fearful, anxiety-provoking trigger to set the phenomenon into motion.View full resource at huffingtonpost.com

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Conversion Disorder and Mass Hysteria: Recently there has been a great deal of coverage of 12… http://t.co/I9cRQ2As

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Evaluating for conversion disorder: When to suspect Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease — Current Psychiatry Online

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Evaluating for conversion disorder: When to suspect Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease http://bit.ly/gSDfjy

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Medical Student Article | Convergence spasm in conversion disorders: prevalence in psychogenic and other movement disorders compared with controls

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Identification Of Possible Biomarker To Identify Seizure-Related Stress May Lead To A Better Understanding Of The Pathology Of Conversion Disorders

medicalnewstoday.com — “New research from Rhode Island Hospital found that reduced levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a protein in the brain that encourages growth of neurons, may be a trait marker for iView full resource at medicalnewstoday.com

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The involuntary nature of conversion disorder -- Voon et al. 74 (3): 223 -- Neurology

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Neurologists' understanding and management of conversion disorder -- Kanaan et al. 82 (9): 961 -- Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry

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Mass hysteria, conversion disorder rare but usually seen in girls - USATODAY.com

yourlife.usatoday.com — “The conclusion by experts is that these are just the latest examples of what used to be called mass hysteria.View full resource at yourlife.usatoday.com

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Mass hysteria, conversion disorder rare but usually seen in girls - USATODAY.com

yourlife.usatoday.com — “The conclusion by experts is that these are just the latest examples of what used to be called mass hysteria.View full resource at yourlife.usatoday.com

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Aberrant supplementary motor complex and limbic activity during motor preparation in motor conversion disorder - Voon - 2011 - Movement Disorders - Wiley Online Library

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