title: Unilateral ptosis as a conversion reaction.
abstract: This case report affords the dynamic understanding of a patient's conversion reaction of unilateral ptosis of the eye. The specificity of this manifestation of psychopathology is shaped by the patient's unconscious ideas about disease and the suitability of this symptom for the symbolic representation of her primary conflict.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003291:Conversion Disorder / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D003858:Dependency, Psychological; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D013561:Symbolism