Knowra Conversion disorder Conversion disorder Conversion disorder is a mental health condition involving motor or sensory symptoms that are incompatible with recognized neurological disease. The symptoms are experienced as real and are associated with altered functioning.
Functional neurological symptom disorder : A diagnosis involving motor or sensory symptoms incompatible with recognized neurological disease, also called conversion disorder. This is the current diagnostic name commonly used for conversion disorder.
Neurological symptom : A change in movement, sensation, cognition, or bodily function associated with the nervous system. Conversion disorder is defined through neurological symptoms such as weakness, tremor, or sensory loss.
Hysteria : A historical diagnostic category for varied symptoms, especially those then considered unexplained by physical disease. Conversion disorder inherited a contested history from diagnoses once grouped under hysteria.
FND-informed physiotherapy : Physiotherapy that addresses functional movement symptoms through retraining, attention strategies, and graded activity. Movement retraining can help restore function in weakness, gait problems, or tremor.
Malingering : The intentional production or exaggeration of symptoms for an external incentive. Functional symptoms are not defined by deliberate deception or pursuit of an external reward.
Functional neurological disorder : A condition involving altered nervous-system functioning that produces genuine neurological symptoms. This broader clinical term emphasizes altered functioning rather than presumed psychological causes.
Positive neurological sign : An examination finding that demonstrates a specific pattern of altered neurological functioning. Diagnosis can rely on positive signs of functional symptoms, not merely normal test results.
Sigmund Freud : An Austrian neurologist who founded psychoanalysis and proposed influential theories of unconscious conflict. Freud popularized the idea that psychological conflict could be expressed through bodily symptoms.
Cognitive behavioral therapy : A structured psychotherapy that examines relationships among thoughts, emotions, behavior, and symptoms. It may address symptom-related distress and contributing patterns without treating symptoms as imagined.
Factitious disorder : A mental disorder involving intentional falsification or induction of illness without an obvious external incentive. Unlike conversion disorder, factitious disorder involves deliberate symptom production.
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