title: Conversion disorder in a preschool age girl.
abstract: This article reports a case of a 5-year-old girl with clinical manifestations of a conversion disorder. Children presenting with a conversion disorder very often have multiple investigations and more than two-thirds of them are admitted to the hospital. This case illustrates the necessity of adapting, from the outset, a multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis and management, which helps in providing an explanatory model that takes into account stressors, factors within the child and the family, and aids in planning an appropriate psychotherapeutic intervention based on the child's and family's needs.
authors.affiliation: Attikon University Hospital, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bouras
authors.affiliation: Attikon University Hospital, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Michopoulos
authors.affiliation: Attikon University Hospital, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Nikoletta
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Theofanopoulou
authors.affiliation: Attikon University Hospital, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Ioanna
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Giannopoulou
authors.affiliation: Attikon University Hospital, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Christos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Christodoulou
authors.affiliation: Attikon University Hospital, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Argirios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dinopoulos
keywords: children; clinical health psychology; family; mental illness; psychological distress