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conversion disorderformerly hysteriaIn psychology, a neurosis marked by extreme emotional excitability and disturbances of psychic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral functions. The earlier concept of hysteria was used frequently in the first half of the 20th century to explain a wide variety of symptoms and behaviours observed particularly in women. (The term hysteria derives from the Greek word for womb, reflecting the Greeks' belief that the condition resulted from disturbances of the uterus.) Disorders with symptoms similar to those of conversion disorder include factitious disorder, dissociative identity disorder, and personality disorder (histrionic type). |
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1) In this article, we describe two cases of conversion disorder in older women that manifested as stridor. Conversion disorder falls under a class of disorders known as the somatoform disorders. The complaints of young people with gongenital rubella may be mistaken for irresponsible behavior, immaturity, depression, malingering or conversion disorder. |
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conversion disorder
