HYSTIRIA

{CONVIRSION ISORIR)
ABNORMA PSYCHOOGY
HISTORY HISTORY
O TIe Lerm "ConversIon dIsorder" orIgInuLed wILI
reud. He vIewed LIese uppurenLIy neuroIogIcuI
sympLoms us u resuIL oI LIe conversIon oI
InLrupsycIIc dIsLress InLo pIysIcuI sympLoms.
O NeuroIogIsLs Jeun-MurLIn CIurcoL, SIgmund reud
und psycIIuLrIsL PIerre June Iocused on LIIs subjecL.
O reud und IIs IrIend und menLor Dr. JoseI Breuer
InLroduced IIm Lo LIe cuse sLudy oI u puLIenL known
us Annu O.
CONVIRSION ISORIR CONVIRSION ISORIR
O ormerIy known us IysLerIu.
O ConversIon dIsorder Is u condILIon In wIIcI u person
Ius bIIndness, puruIysIs, or oLIer nervous sysLem
(neuroIogIc) sympLoms LIuL cunnoL be expIuIned by
medIcuI evuIuuLIon.
O ConversIon dIsorder sympLoms muy occur becuuse oI
u psycIoIogIcuI conIIIcL.
O SympLoms usuuIIy begIn suddenIy uILer u sLressIuI
experIence. PeopIe ure more uL rIsk Ior u conversIon
dIsorder II LIey uIso Iuve u medIcuI IIIness,
dIssocIuLIve dIsorder, or u personuIILy dIsorder.
SYMPTOMS SYMPTOMS
SympLoms oI u conversIon dIsorder IncIude LIe Ioss oI
one or more bodIIy IuncLIons, sucI us:
O BIIndness
O nubIIILy Lo speuk
O Numbness
O PuruIysIs
TRIATMINT TRIATMINT
O TuIk LIerupy (psycIoLIerupy) und sLress
munugemenL LruInIng muy IeIp reduce sympLoms.
O TIe uIIecLed body purL or pIysIcuI IuncLIon wIII need
pIysIcuI or occupuLIonuI LIerupy unLII LIe sympLoms
dIsuppeur. or exumpIe, puruIyzed IImbs musL be
exercIsed Lo prevenL muscIe wusLIng.