Conversion Disorder Formerly known as "Hysteria‚" and also called Pseudoneurologic Syndrome‚ Hyterical Neurosis‚ or Psychogenic Disorder‚ Conversion Disorder is a type of Somatoform disorder. Symptoms occur that commonly resemble those of neurological disorders such as stroke‚ multiple sclerosis or epilepsy‚ but seemingly happen without corresponding bodily damage‚ and there are no existing physical disorders. Medical tests on people that have this disorder are either normal or they are unable
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Criteria Conversion disorder is classified as a conversion disorder or a dissociative disorder depending on the diagnostic criteria used. The DSM-5 classifies conversion disorder as a somatoform disorder‚ whereas the 10th edition of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10) classifies conversion disorder as a dissociative disorder. With the publication of the DSM-5 in 2013‚ the association between somatoform and dissociative disorders was acknowledged
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Conversion disorder is a disorder in which patients suffer from neurological symptoms‚ when in fact they have no explanation. Generally when diagnosed with conversion disorder the patient will complain of one sudden debilitating symptom. The symptoms of this disorder range from blindness and the inability to speak to paralysis and hemianesthesia. The symptoms of conversion disorder often reflect previous ailments experienced by themselves or of others. Symptoms of conversion disorder usually go away
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Institution Conversion Disorder Introduction Conversion disorder refers to a mental health condition that has symptoms that indicate neurological signs such as speech impairment‚ numbness‚ paralysis‚ blindness‚ and tremors but without any neurological cause‚ substance abuse or physical disease. These symptoms are preceded by psychological stress or conflicts in life. This disorder is caused by psychological reactions from a highly stressful condition or event. Other psychological disorder and depression
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Malingering is a medical term that refers to fabricating or exaggerating the symptoms of mental or physical disorders for a variety of "secondary gain" motives‚ which may include financial compensation ; avoiding school‚ work or military service; obtaining drugs; getting lighter criminal sentences; or simply to attract attention or sympathy. Malingering is different from somatization disorder and factitious disorder. Failure to detect actual cases of malingering imposes a substantial economic burden
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Diagnosing Personality Disorders It is estimated that 30.8 million adults in the United States meet the criteria of having one or more personality disorders (Kessler‚ 2005). A good number of people do not seek medical attention. It is very dangerous to leave mental issues unchecked. People with personality disorders are often a risk to themselves and others (Yeandle‚ 2013). It is important for psychology majors to learn how to correctly diagnose personality disorders because treatment
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The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder‚ Fifth Edition (DSM-5) merged multiple subtypes of autism spectrum disorder (e.g. Asperger’s‚ high-functioning autism‚ early infantile autism) into a single diagnosis or entity. The most useful way of characterizing individuals with autism is that the focus needs to be on the deficits in the two following domains: (1) social communication and interaction and (2) restricted‚ repetitive behaviors or interests (American Psychiatric Association
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Chronic Conversion Disorder Billy Lockhart Troy University- Montgomery‚ AL Chronic Conversion Disorder In this article the author is doing a case study on a patient known as Ms. T. The article is on Chronic Conversion Disorder Masking Depression and Anxiety: The case of Ms. T. by Dr. Robert C. Kores. A case formulation with therapeutic focus and direction‚ and follow-up information regarding a patient with somatic concerns is presented. A Conversion Disorder was diagnosed with underlying
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defined by WebMD as a neurological disorder that affects the control of sleep and wakefulness‚ is a rare disorder that usually starts between 15 and 25 years of age. On a normal night‚ a person would go to sleep and enter into a much deeper sleep stage called rapid eye movement (REM). During REM‚ one would experience vivid dreams and muscle paralysis. Although narcoleptic people go into REM during the nighttime‚ they also do during the day at any point. Diagnosing Narcolepsy can be easy. A common
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condition. While parents and teachers struggle to find rationalization of the condition will fail to provide appropriate learning support because of misdiagnosis or failed to diagnose. Knowledge and ability to diagnose dyslexia is as valuable as diagnosing the condition early. Aside from SPED teachers‚ Parents and regular teachers must also learn how to diagnose dyslexia. Schools must include in its services activities educating and informing parents and regular teachers on how to diagnose dyslexia
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