"Conversion Disorder" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D003291
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F03.875.300
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| Concept/Terms |
Conversion Disorder- Conversion Disorder
- Conversion Disorders
- Hysteria, Conversion
- Conversion Hysteria
- Conversion Hysterias
- Hysterias, Conversion
- Conversion Reaction
- Conversion Reactions
- Reaction, Conversion
- Reactions, Conversion
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Conversion Disorder" by people in Profiles.
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Seizures and pseudoseizures: The great divide. Prog Brain Res. 2022; 272(1):143-151.
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Functional Neurological (Conversion) Disorder: A Core Neuropsychiatric Disorder. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2020 Winter; 32(1):1-3.
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Functional gait disorders, clinical phenomenology, and classification. Neurol Sci. 2020 Apr; 41(4):911-915.
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Interdisciplinary Treatment of Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder in an Inpatient Rehabilitation Setting: A Case Report. PM R. 2019 06; 11(6):661-664.
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Are psychogenic non-epileptic seizures just another symptom of conversion disorder? J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2017 05; 88(5):425-429.
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Examiner manoeuvres 'sensory tricks' in functional (psychogenic) movement disorders. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2017 05; 88(5):453-455.
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Speech and voice disorders in patients with psychogenic movement disorders. J Neurol. 2015 Nov; 262(11):2420-4.
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"Psychogenic" versus "functional" movement disorders? That is the question. Mov Disord. 2014 Nov; 29(13):1697-8.
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Diagnostic utility of the Structured Inventory of Malingered Symptomatology for identifying psychogenic non-epileptic events. Epilepsy Behav. 2012 Aug; 24(4):439-44.
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Convergence spasm in conversion disorders: prevalence in psychogenic and other movement disorders compared with controls. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2012 Feb; 83(2):202-4.