What is it about?
This case history and discussion addresses the variety of problems children experience when their difficult-to-diagnose physical symptoms are diagnosed as Conversion Disorder, including failure to pursue further medical evaluation, and loss of trust with medical and mental health providers generally.
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Why is it important?
The extent to which children are harmed by this diagnosis is generally not well recognized.
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This page is a summary of: Problems with diagnosing Conversion Disorder in response to variable and unusual symptoms, Adolescent Health Medicine and Therapeutics, April 2014, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.2147/ahmt.s57486.
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