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{{stub}} '''Conversion disorder''' is an old name for a mental illness in which psychological conflicts or emotions are expressed unconsciously as bodily symptoms.<ref name="Ali2015">{{Cite journal | title = Conversion Disorderβ Mind versus Body: A Review | date = 2015 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4479361/|journal=Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience|volume=12 | issue = 5-6 | pages = 27β33 | last = Ali|first = Shahid | last2 = Jabeen | first2 = Shagufta | last3 = Pate | first3 = Rebecca J. | last4 = Shahid | first4 = Marwah | last5 = Chinala | first5 = Sandhya | last6 = Nathani | first6 = Milankumar | last7 = Shah | first7 = Rida|pmc=4479361|pmid=26155375|issn=2158-8333}}</ref><ref name="icd10-2016">{{Cite web | url = https://icd.who.int/browse10/2016/en#/F44 | title = Dissociative [Conversion] disorders - ICD-10 Version:2016 | last = World Health Organization | first = | authorlink = World Health Organization | date = 2016 | website = World Health Organization| archive-url = | archive-date = |url-status = | access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref> Conversion disorder is also know as [[Functional neurological symptom disorder]] or FND, and is regarded as a [[psychosomatic illness]].<ref name="Bransfield2009">{{Cite journal | title = Differentiating Psychosomatic, Somatopsychic, Multisystem Illnesses and Medical Uncertainty | date = 2019-10-08 | url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6955780/|journal=Healthcare|volume=7 | issue = 4 | pages = 114 | last = Bransfield | first = Robert C. | last2 = Friedman | first2 = Kenneth J.|doi=10.3390/healthcare7040114|pmc=6955780|pmid=31597359|issn=2227-9032}}</ref> Conversation disorders have also been called psychogenic or [[Functional somatic syndrome|functional]] illnesses.<ref name="Bransfield2009" /> ==Effects == Symptoms diagnosed as conversion disorder may not be seen as a "[[real illness]]" in need of medical care, or as not a serious illness.<ref name="BBC2017" /><ref name="Sykes2002">{{Cite journal | title = Letter to the British Journal of General Practice | date = Sep 2002 | url = https://europepmc.org/backend/ptpmcrender.fcgi?accid=PMC1314421&blobtype=pdf|journal=The British Journal of General Practice|volume=52 | issue = 482 | pages = 762β763 | last = Skyes | first = Richard | authorlink = |doi=|pmc=PMC1314419|pmid=12236282|quote=|via=}}</ref><ref name="Hooper2002BJGM">{{Cite web | date = Jun 21, 2002 | url = https://www.margaretwilliams.me/2002/letter-to-bjgp_hooper.pdf | title=Letter to The British Journal of General Practice | last = Hooper | first = Malcolm | authorlink = Malcolm Hooper|quote=|via=}}</ref> Conversion disorder, and psychosomatic illnesses in general, may be overdiagnosed, especially in females.<ref name="Bransfield2009" /> [[Multiple sclerosis]] was previously regarded as a type of conversion disorder called '''hysterical paralysis''' and treated as a mental illness.<ref name="Hooper2002BJGM" /> ==ME/CFS == Some patients with [[ME/CFS]] or other physical illnesses are misdiagnosed with conversion disorder, which can result inappropriate treatment, and serious harm.<ref name="BBC2017">{{Cite web | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-41888146 | title = I made a film from my bed to show my illness is real | date = November 9, 2017| publisher = BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | title = Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalitis. | date = Sep 2002 | url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1314421/|journal=The British Journal of General Practice|volume=52 | issue = 482 | pages = 763β764 | last = Goudsmit | first = Ellen | authorlink = Ellen Goudsmit|doi=|pmc=1314421|pmid=12236284|access-date=|issn=0960-1643|quote=|via=}}</ref> ==See also == *[[Medically unexplained physical symptoms]] (MUS) *[[Mental health]] *[[Jennifer Brea]] *[[Functional somatic syndrome]] ==Learn more == *[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6955780/ Differentiating Psychosomatic, Somatopsychic, Multisystem Illnesses and Medical Uncertainty] ==References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:Psychological paradigm]] [[Category:Mental disorders]]
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