Conversion Disorder

A conversion disorder often mimics a stroke. A person who has a conversion disorder has lost the function to one or more parts of the body.

When a person has a conversion disorder, there will be some sort of physical manifestation of an illness or condition that is related to depression or anxiety. One of the most common conversion disorders is back pain.

There is little known about this mental disorder, Conversion Disorder, in fact, when I was diagnosed with it two years ago I had no idea what it was. It is a mental disorder that manifests itself into physical limitations.

Conversion Disorder is a psychological disorder in which the individual displays a physical symptom as the result of a traumatic event.

Somatoform and Conversion Disorders can severely limits a person's way of life because the disorder is psychological and not actually physical. Here are the symptoms of Conversion Disorder and the types of Somatoform Disorder.

Conversion disorders stem from a physical manifestation of a mentally-triggered event.

There are many discrepancies when it comes to the categorization of somatoform disorders, but this article aims to give a brief and understandable introduction to conversion disorder, and other somatoform disorders currently listed in the DSM-IV.

Conversion and Somatoform Disorders are often difficult to understand. Here is some information about these disorders.

Conversion disorder unfortunately affects children all over the world. It is defined as a type of conditions that has altered or complete loss of physical function.

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