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Conversion disorder remains a mystery that has only become more complicated with the decline of the scientific status of psychoanalysis (e.g., Piper, Lillevik, & Kritzer, 2008; Rofé, 2008) and recent neurological findings suggest that this behavior is ...
Yacov Rofé, Yochay Rofé
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Interrogating the relationship between reading, writing and ‘conversion disorder’, this creative-critical essay explores the eversion of the glove in the work of Woolf, Genet, Freud and Derrida. Gathering together reflections on gloves and glove anaesthesia, doubles and pairs, and flowers and the death knell (glas), it offers a series of literary ...
Jackson, S
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Cognitive conversion disorder (functional cognitive disorder) – what’s new? [PDF]
Introduction Some patients present with significant subjective cognitive symptoms, sometimes interfering with day-to-day live, that are not compatible with any recognizable psychiatric, neurodegenerative or systemic condition.
J. Morais, S. Fonseca
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Agraphia due to Conversion Disorder (Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder) in an 8-year-old boy: a case report [PDF]
Conversion disorder, a psychiatric condition characterized by neurological symptoms without organic etiology, is rare in children but can significantly impair functioning.
Nhu Minh Hang Tran +2 more
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Anti-ganglionic acetylcholine receptor antibodies in functional neurological symptom disorder/conversion disorder [PDF]
ObjectiveAutoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy (AAG) is a rare disorder characterized by autonomic failure associated with the presence of anti-ganglionic acetylcholine receptor (gAChR) antibodies; however, several studies have reported that individuals ...
Ryusei Nagata +17 more
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Suicidality and relation with dissociation and alexithymia in PNES and conversion disorder [PDF]
Introduction Amongst different subtypes of Conversion Disorder (CD), DSM-V lists the Psychogenic Non-epileptic seizures (PNES). PNES are defined as episodes that visually resemble epileptic seizures but, etiologically, they are not due to electrical ...
L. Longo +9 more
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[Conversion disorder - review]. [PDF]
In modern medicine the term "functional symptoms" is usually used to refer to symptoms where an organic cause cannot be found. Studies have shown that up to half of all patients consulting their family physician and approximately one third of all those attending neurology outpatient clinics present with such symptoms. These patients commonly go between
Olafur Arni, Sveinsson +2 more
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Background Voice features have been suggested as objective markers of bipolar disorder (BD). Aims To investigate whether voice features from naturalistic phone calls could discriminate between (1) BD, unaffected first-degree relatives (UR) and healthy ...
Maria Faurholt-Jepsen +5 more
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CBT treatment of conversion disorder characterized by paroxysmal abdominal pain: a case report
This paper aims to explore the main points of diagnosis, treatment and misdiagnosis of conversion disorder characterized by paroxysmal abdominal pain. The general hospitals had a high misdiagnose rate and no effective symptomatic treatment for conversion
He Jiali +4 more
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Introduction A substantial proportion of patients with bipolar disorder experience daily subsyndromal mood swings, and the term “mood instability” reflecting the variability in mood seems associated with poor prognostic factors, including impaired ...
Maria Faurholt-Jepsen +23 more
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