Conversion disorder is a psychiatric condition in which a person has neurological symptoms like paralysis or blindness with no physiological cause. In the past, such events were often described as ...

Functional movement disorders (FMD), previously referred to as “psychogenic” movement disorders, are characterized by abnormal movements, postures or spasms, such as shaking (irregular tremor) or ...

The World Health Organization now classifies Ganser syndrome as a dissociative and conversion disorder. With dissociative disorders, you feel detached from your own thoughts, memories, and identity.

The findings have implications for the development of new criteria for conversion disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Espay et al. 4 asked members of the ...

A woman has been raising awareness about rare neurological disorder by organising a live music and tombola event.

Dr. Contardo also has extensive training and experience with somatization and conversion disorders and the interaction of medical and psychological disorders. Specialized treatment for physicians ...