Conversion disorder
PHYSICAL ILLNESS OR SYMPTOMS CAUSED BY SERIOUS EMOTIONAL STRESS
Conversion syndrome; Conversion hysteria; Dissociative (conversion) disorders; Conversion disorders; Conversion Disorder; Hysterical paralysis; Hysterical blindness; Hysterical conversion; Hysterical conversion disorder; Conversion reaction; Psychosomatic paralysis; Psychosomatic blindness
Conversion disorder (CD), or functional neurologic symptom disorder, is a diagnostic category used in some psychiatric classification systems. It is sometimes applied to patients who present with neurological symptoms, such as numbness, blindness, paralysis, or fits, which are not consistent with a well-established organic cause, which cause significant distress, and can be traced back to a psychological trigger.