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Mental Disorders > Somatoform Disorders > Conversion Disorder

Preferred term

Conversion Disorder  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Conversion Hysteria
  • Conversion Reaction
  • Disorder, Functional Movement
  • Disorder, Functional Neurological
  • Functional Movement Disorder
  • Functional Movement Disorders
  • Functional Neurological Disorder
  • Functional Neurological Disorders
  • Hysteria, Conversion
  • Movement Disorder, Functional
  • Movement Disorders, Functional
  • Neurological Disorder, Functional
  • Neurological Disorders, Functional

Scope note

  • 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.

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

In other languages

  • konversiohäiriöt

    Finnish

  • konversiohysteria
  • konversiohysteriat
  • konversiohäiriö
  • konversionshysteri
  • konversionsreaktion
  • konversioreaktio
  • konversioreaktiot
  • Konversionsstörning

    Swedish

  • Konversionshysteri

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003291

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