Etiological Formulations of Conversion Disorder

Conversion Disorder … N.Y. teens’ mystery illness labelled ‘conversion disorder’ (January 19, 2012) …item 2.. Rolling Stones – Paint It Black … (Photo credit: marsmet491)

Conversion disorder has proven difficult to define, partly because most of the conceptual formulation for conversion disorder has come from the psychoanalytic literature.

Many of the ideas put forward by psychoanalysts are too vague and elusive to be properly and scientifically evaluated. Over time, the literature has incorporated behavioral, sociological, and neurophysiological conceptualizations of conversion disorder.