VCD has long been strongly associated with a variety of psychological or psychogenic factors, including conversion disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, panic attacks, factitious disorder and adjustment disorder.
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Anna O ., one of the first documented case studies of conversion disorder may not have been suffering with conversion disorder at all, as her symptoms are consistent with temporal lobe epilepsy.
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Anna O ., one of the first documented case studies of conversion disorder may not have been suffering with conversion disorder at all, as her symptoms are consistent with temporal lobe epilepsy.
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People with hypokalemic periodic paralysis are often misdiagnosed as having a conversion disorder or hysterical paralysis since the weakness is muscle-based and doesn't correspond to nerve or spinal root distributions.
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This can explain that conversion disorder may develop following a threatening situation, that there may be a group effect with many people simultaneously developing similar symptoms, and the gender difference in prevalence.
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Hubbard proposed that painful physical or emotional traumas caused " aberrations " ( deviations from rational thinking ) in the mind, which produced lasting adverse physical and emotional effects, similar to conversion disorders.
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There are also certain populations that are considered at risk for conversion disorder, including people suffering from a medical illness or condition, people with personality disorder, and individuals with dissociative identity disorder.
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Today, female hysteria is no longer a recognized illness, but different manifestations of hysteria are recognized in other conditions such as schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, conversion disorder, and anxiety attacks.
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The term " hypochondriasis " is closely related to " somatiform pain disorder " and " conversion disorder " in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual ( DSM-IV ) of the American Psychiatric Association.
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Today, male hysteria is no longer a recognized illness, but different manifestations of hysteria are recognized in other conditions such as schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, conversion disorder, and anxiety attacks.
