Psychiatry and Psychology

Conversion Disorder

A disorder whose predominant feature is a loss or alteration in physical functioning that suggests a physical disorder but that is actually a direct expression of a psychological conflict or need.

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Abstract

A disorder whose predominant feature is a loss or alteration in physical functioning that suggests a physical disorder but that is actually a direct expression of a psychological conflict or need.

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Synonyms

20 entry terms
  • Conversion Reaction
  • Functional Movement Disorder
  • Functional Neurological Disorder
  • Hysteria, Conversion
  • Conversion Disorders
  • Conversion Hysteria
  • Disorder, Functional Movement
  • Disorder, Functional Neurological
  • Functional Movement Disorders
  • Functional Neurological Disorders
  • Movement Disorder, Functional
  • Movement Disorders, Functional
  • Neurological Disorder, Functional
  • Neurological Disorders, Functional
  • Astasia-Abasia
  • Conversion Neurosis
  • Astasia Abasia
  • Conversion Neuroses
  • Neuroses, Conversion
  • Neurosis, Conversion

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31 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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History Note

81; was CONVERSION REACTION 1969-80; GLOBUS HYSTERICUS was see under CONVERSION REACTION 1974-80; ASTASIA-ABASIA was see under CONVERSION REACTION 1970-78; HYSTERIA, CONVERSION was see under CONVERSION REACTION 1969-78

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Previous Indexing

  • Hysteria (1966-1968)

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  1. F03w.875w.300w

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WM 173.5

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Conversion Disorder. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003291. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003291
  2. Conversion Disorder. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_disorder
  3. Conversion Disorder. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1051355