The findings have implications for the development of new criteria for conversion disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Espay et al. 4 asked members of the ...

The leading theory now is that the girls suffer from what is known as "conversion disorder." From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered ...

Conversion disorder (CD) is a psychiatric disease but the diagnosis cannot be established without the help of a trained neurologist, as the main criterion formulates that the neurological symptom ...