An integrated medical and psychiatric approach to conversion symptoms in a four-year-old.
Conversion disorder is a challenging diagnosis in children and adolescents. Medical and psychiatric diagnoses need to be evaluated both separately and in relation to each other. This case highlights both the diagnostic criteria for a conversion disorder in a young child and the need for an integrated medical and psychiatric approach by physicians.
Woodbury
M M
MM
Department of Psychiatry, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
DeMaso
D R
DR
Goldman
S J
SJ
D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003291:Conversion Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D009133:Muscular Atrophy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D010348:Patient Care Team