title: Is it organic or is it functional. Is it hysteria or malingering?
abstract: Conversion hysteria, a common affliction, requires prompt diagnosis and treatment to prevent fixation of the incapacity and secondary contractures, and to protect the patient from unnecessary surgery. Diagnostic and therapeutic principles are outlined.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003291:Conversion Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis; D007046:Hysteria / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D008306:Malingering / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology