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MeSH Heading: Conversion Disorder
Tree Number(s): F03.875.300
Unique ID: D003291
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003291
Scope Note: A disorder whose predominant feature is a loss or alteration in physical functioning that suggests a physical disorder but that is actually a direct expression of a psychological conflict or need.
Entry Version: CONVERSION DIS
Entry Term(s): Astasia-Abasia; Conversion Neurosis; Conversion Reaction; Functional Movement Disorder; Functional Neurological Disorder; Hysteria, Conversion
NLM Classification #: WM 173.5
Previous Indexing: Hysteria (1966-1968)
Public MeSH Note: 81; was CONVERSION REACTION 1969-80
Online Note: use CONVERSION DISORDER to search CONVERSION REACTION & HYSTERIA, CONVERSION 1969-80, GLOBUS HYSTERICUS 1974-80, & ASTASIA-ABASIA 1970-78
History Note: 81; was CONVERSION REACTION 1969-80; GLOBUS HYSTERICUS was see under CONVERSION REACTION 1974-80; ASTASIA-ABASIA was see under CONVERSION REACTION 1970-78; HYSTERIA, CONVERSION was see under CONVERSION REACTION 1969-78
Date Established: 1969/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/05/12

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

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diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0005134
Scope Note: A disorder whose predominant feature is a loss or alteration in physical functioning that suggests a physical disorder but that is actually a direct expression of a psychological conflict or need.
Terms: Conversion Disorder Preferred Term
Term UI T009625
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1969); Functional Movement Disorder
Term UI T001102150
Date03/09/2021
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2022); Functional Neurological Disorder
Term UI T001102151
Date03/09/2021
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2022); Conversion Reaction
Term UI T009626
Date05/21/1980
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Hysteria, Conversion
Term UI T009627
Date04/28/1978
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)

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