Hysteria – Conversion Disorder – Functional Neurological Disorder

Somatoform disorders are characterized by physical symptoms that suggest a medical condition but that are not fully explained by a medical condition (Woolfolk, 2012) (see table 1). Functional neurological disorder, also known as conversion disorder – historical name is hysteria- is a kind of somatoform disorder that has unexplained neurological symptoms. Conversion disorder tends to …