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This 7 page paper provides an overview of conversion disorder, including the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria and treatment information. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
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somatoform disorder under the broader classification of hysterias (Dufel, 2001; See also DSM-IV, 1994). Essentially, conversion disorder presents as a significant alteration or loss of physical function that suggests
some kind of physiological disorder, but there is no evident disease or damage that would result in the onset of these symptoms (Dufel, 2001). The symptoms that present at the
onset of this disorder may not inherently suggest a psychological disorder. Instead, it is common to attempt to assess physiological changes or disease when symptoms first start. "The
presence of the psychological factor usually is not apparent at onset but becomes evident in the history when a cause-effect relationship between an environmental event or stressor and the onset
of the symptom is discovered. The symptoms are not intentionally produced but are the result of unintentional motives" (Dufel, 2001). The symptoms, then, are not voluntarily initiated, and cannot
be explained by physical disorders or pathological elements (Dufel, 2001). The disorder is assessed based on the presence of a broad range of neurological symptoms (Dufel, 2001). Symptoms
often relate to what can be misdiagnosed as "lesions in the motor or sensory pathways of the voluntary nervous system" (Dufel, 2001). These symptoms include, but are not limited
to: "weakness, paralysis, sensory disturbances, pseudoseizures, and involuntary movements such as tremors. Symptoms more often affect the left side of the body" (Dufel, 2001). DSM-IV Diagnostic
and Clinical Assessment Criteria The DSM-IV outlines specific clinical elements that can be assessed in order to make a determination of the presence of conversion disorder, rather than the presence
of a specific physio-neurological disorder. Because this somatoform disorder can be confused with physical illness or injury that causes impairments of sensory or voluntary motor function, there are specific
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