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DSM: In order to be diagnosed with conversion disorder you must have.. |
one or more symptoms of altered voluntary motor sensory function |
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DSM: In conversion disorder, what do clinical findings provide evidence for? |
The incompatibility between the symptom and recognized neurological or medical conditions |
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DSM: What must conversion disorder not be better explained by? |
Another medical or mental disorder |
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Prev, Inc., Demo: Where is prevalence of Conversion disorder greatest? |
Non-western countries |
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Prev, Inc, Demo: Where is prevalence of conversion disorder low? |
Western countries SURPRISE |
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Prev, Inc, Demo: What gender is conversion disorder most prevalent? |
Females are 3 times likely than males |
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Prev, Inc, Demo: What age is conversion disorder most prevalent in? |
Age 15-35 |
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Prev, Inc, Demo: What other factors contribute to increase risk of Conversion disorder? |
Living in developing countries, living in rural areas, poor education, low SES, etc. |
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Bio I: What are core symptoms of conversion disorder? |
Loss of smell, deafness, mutism, blindness, anesthesia, numbness, tremors, paralysis, motor weakness, diminished consciousness, hallucinations and non-epileptic seizures |
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Bio I: What are the 4 subtypes of conversion disorder? |
1. Motor symptoms of deficits 2. Sensory symptoms or deficits 3. Seizures or convulsions 4. Mixed presentations |
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Bio I: What are the most common conversion symptoms in North America are.. |
Feeling of lump in throat, weakness, blurred vision and loss of feeling |
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Bio I: What are the common symptoms of conversion disorder across all cultures? |
Seizures, fainting and motor problems |
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Bio I: What do family history tests show about conversion disorder? |
Genetics play a role |
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Bio II: What is a limitation of looking at brain imaging and neurochemistry of patients with conversion disorder? |
High level of comorbidity makes it hard to weed out what is from conversion disorder |
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Bio II: What evidence supports the theory that conversion disorder is a result of suppressing a traumatic/stressful event? |
People with conversion disorder have low active coping skills |
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Bio II: Where to patients with Conversion disorder have deficits? |
Auditory verbal memory, executive functioning, cognitive flexibility and processing speed |
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Bio II: What does brain imaging show about patients with Conversion disorder? |
Unique changes in the prefrontal areas of the brain |
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Bio II: What does brain imaging show with patients with conversion disorder with paralysis when they try and move? |
Active inhibition of motor pathways |
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Bio II: Those with conversion disorder have significantly smaller.. |
Pituitary glands |
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Bio II: Those with conversion disorder have a decrease of cerebral blood flow in... |
The thalamus and basal ganglia |
