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Article: Conversion disorder
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Conversion disorder
Definition
Conversion disorder is defined by
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
, 4th Edition, Text Revision, also known as the
DSM-IV-TR,
as a mental disorder whose central feature is the appearance of symptoms affecting the patient's senses or voluntary movements that suggest a neurological or general medical disease or condition. Somatoform disorders are marked by persistent physical symptoms that cannot be fully explained by a medical condition, substance abuse, or other mental disorder, and seem to stem from psychological issues or conflicts. The
DSM-IV-TR
classifies conversion disorder as one of the somatoform disorders, first classified ...