A 9-year-old with conversion disorder, successfully treated with psychoanalysis.
This paper outlines the successful psychoanalytic treatment of a latency-aged boy with severe conversion disorder. Details of clinical treatment are presented. As no tested treatment has yet been found that reliably treats chronic conversion in children, this case is of importance in demonstrating the usefulness of psychoanalysis as treatment for severe psychopathology. The patient's unconscious fantasy constellations that gave rise to this syndrome are highlighted.
Milrod
Barbara
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Weill Medical College, Cornell University, 525 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA. bmilrod@med.cornell.edu
D002648:Child; D003291:Conversion Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D004433:Earache / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007837:Latency Period, Psychological; D008297:Male; D010553:Personality Development; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods*