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Conversion Disorder Causes of Conversion Disorder. The immediate cause of conversion disorder is a stressful event or situation that leads the patient to develop bodily symptoms as symbolic expressions of a long-standing psychological conflict or problem. Physical symptoms develop as a sort of symbol of psychiatric conflict that has been lingering.
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Conversion disorder The doctor can also use a list of factors known to be associated with conversion disorder to assess the likelihood that a specific patient may have the disorder: 1  Age. 2  Conversion disorder is rarely seen in children younger than six years or adults over 35 years.
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Conversion disorder Physical, emotional, or sexual abuse can be a contributing cause of conversion disorder in both adults and children. In a study of 34 children who developed pseudoseizures, 32% had a history of depression or sexual abuse, and 44% had recently experienced a parental divorce, death, or violent quarrel.
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Conversion disorder In general, symptoms of conversion disorder are not under the patient's conscious control, and are frequently mysterious and frightening to the patient. The symptoms usually have an acute onset, but sometimes worsen gradually. The most frequent forms of conversion disorder in Western countries include: Pseudoparalysis.
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Mental disorder Somatoform disorders may be diagnosed when there are problems that appear to originate in the body that are thought to be manifestations of a mental disorder. This includes somatization disorder and conversion disorder. There are also disorders of how a person perceives their body, such as body dysmorphic disorder.
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- Causes. Male sexual arousal is a complex process that involves the brain, hormones, emotions, nerves, muscles and blood vessels. Erectile dysfunction can result from a problem with any of these. Likewise, stress and mental health concerns can cause or worsen erectile dysfunction. Sometimes a combination of physical and psychological issues causes erectile dysfunction.
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- (hĭstĕr`ēə), in psychology, a disorder commonly known today as conversion disorder, in which a psychological conflict is converted into a bodily disturbance. , in psychology, a disorder characterized by an exaggeration of imagined or negligible physical ailment.
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Conversion disorder Conversion disorder symptoms may occur because of a psychological conflict. Symptoms usually begin suddenly after a stressful experience. People are at risk of conversion disorder if they also have: 1  A medical illness.  A dissociative disorder (escape from reality that is not on purpose)
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Erectile dysfunction Causes. Male sexual arousal is a complex process that involves the brain, hormones, emotions, nerves, muscles and blood vessels. Erectile dysfunction can result from a problem with any of these. Likewise, stress and mental health concerns can cause or worsen erectile dysfunction.Sometimes a combination of physical and psychological issues causes erectile dysfunction.rectile dysfunction can result from a problem with any of these. Likewise, stress and mental health concerns can cause or worsen erectile dysfunction. Sometimes a combination of physical and psychological issues causes erectile dysfunction.
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Paralysis In rare cases, no physical cause for paralysis can be found. Psychologists call this condition a conversion disorder—that is, a person converts his or her psychological anxiety into physical symptoms of paralysis, but nerve and muscle function are still intact. Signs and Symptoms The signs and symptoms of paralysis vary.
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Conversion Disorder What Are the Symptoms of Conversion Disorder? Sometimes people with conversion disorder have tremors or symptoms that resemble fainting spells or seizures * . There also may be loss of feeling in various parts of the body, or loss of the sense of smell, and symptoms may occur together.
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- Causes. The exact cause of major depressive disorder is not known, however many researchers believe it is linked to chemical changes in the brain, problems with a person's genes, or a combination of both.
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Conversion Disorder (Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder) DSM-5 300.11 (ICD-10-CM Multiple Codes) Symptoms of Conversion Disorder. The DSM-5 explains that the primary symptom of conversion disorder is unusual or impaired motor or sensory function with no medial or neurological cause. The symptoms are not faked or made up by the patient.Conversion disorder can occur in both adults and children. Symptoms can be manifested in a variety of ways.he DSM-5 explains that the primary symptom of conversion disorder is unusual or impaired motor or sensory function with no medial or neurological cause. The symptoms are not faked or made up by the patient.
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Organic disorders causing depression Causes of Organic disorders causing depression: The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Organic disorders causing depression. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms. Malignancy- pancreas, lungs, lymphomas. Hypothyroidism.
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Erectile dysfunction Physical causes are the main reasons for erectile dysfunction. They include heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, neurological disease, medication side effects, and other health conditions. Psychological causes of erectile dysfunction include anxiety, depression, stress, and problems in relationships.rectile dysfunction (ED), formerly called impotence, can affect men of all ages, although it is much more common among older men. It is normal for healthy men of all ages to occasionally experience erectile dysfunction.
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adjustment disorders Causes and symptoms. An adjustment disorder occurs when a person can't cope with a stressful event and develops emotional or behavioral symptoms. The stressful event can be anything: it might be just one isolated incident, or a string of problems that wears the person down.
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Overview Functional neurologic disorders — a newer and broader term that includes what some people call conversion disorder — feature nervous system (neurological) symptoms that can't be explained by a neurological disease or other medical condition.
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Episodes Mistaken for Seizures Their doctors never found a cause for the tics, spasms and other symptoms and ultimately concluded that they spread among the group of girls in what neurologists call a “conversion disorder.” There have been similar outbreaks in the last ten years among teenage girls here in North Carolina and Virginia.
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Medication-Induced Sexual Dysfunction Although sexual dysfunction has a myriad of causes -- including age, medical health, social environment, substance abuse, psychiatric symptoms, and the nature of interpersonal relationships -- medications in general, and antipsychotic medications in particular, can decrease or exacerbate the problem.
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What causes pituitary disorders? Pituitary disorders are caused by pituitary tumors and cysts or dysfunction of the pituitary gland itself. Pituitary tumors and cysts occur sporadically and although occasional genetic abnormalities have been identified in some pituitary tumors, there are few consistent findings.
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Somatic symptom disorder 1 Conversion disorder: A somatic symptom disorder involving the actual loss of bodily function such as blindness, paralysis, and numbness due to excessive anxiety.2  Illness anxiety disorder: A somatic symptom disorder involving persistent and excessive worry about developing a serious illness. diagnosis of somatic symptom disorder requires that the subject have recurring somatic complaints for at least six months. Symptoms are sometimes similar to those of other illnesses and may last for years. Usually, the symptoms begin appearing during adolescence, and patients are diagnosed before the age of 30 years.
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#BornPerfect: The Facts About Conversion Therapy The American Psychiatric Association “opposes any psychiatric treatment such as reparative or conversion therapy which is based upon the assumption that homosexuality per se is a mental disorder or based upon the a priori assumption that a patient should change his/her sexual homosexual orientation.”.
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- Erectile Dysfunction Causes and Symptoms. There are many causes of erectile dysfunction (impotence) and some include: 1  blood vessel diseases (such as peripheral vascular disease and others), 2  systemic disease, 3  hormonal imbalance, and. 4  medications (such as blood pressure and heart medications).
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- Conversion disorder ICD-9-CM 300.11 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 300.11 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. 1  For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
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- Definition. Conversion disorder, also called functional neurological symptom disorder, is a condition in which you show psychological stress in physical ways.efinition. Conversion disorder, also called functional neurological symptom disorder, is a condition in which you show psychological stress in physical ways.