Objective: The aim of review was to find the recent evidence for the management of conversion disorder. Methods: The study was conducted at the Psychiatry Unit of Govt. Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan. A systematic literature search was done using Medline and Extra Medline. A total of 10 articles fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Results: In the literature reviewed hypnosis and self h...

CONTEXT Childbirth has an important influence on the onset and course of bipolar affective disorder, and it is well established that there may be a delay of many years before receiving a diagnosis of bipolar disorder following an initial episode of psychiatric illness. OBJECTIVE To study to what extent psychiatric disorders with postpartum onset are early manifestations of an underlying bipol...

MEDICINE & HEALTH/RHODE ISLAND The natural history of conversion disorders in general is interesting. The vast majority resolve without treatment in the first few weeks, while those that persist for several months generally persist forever. These are often disabling, and no treatment is known to be effective. The patients generally do poorly. The neurologist dismisses them with, “no neurologica...

this case report describes a 34-year-old female patient who suffered from chronic vomiting. different diagnostic and therapeutic procedures were noncontributory. ëventually, psychiatric interviews specified that she has a dependent, self-hurting and attention-seeking personality. she wanted to assume the “sick role”. malingering and conversion disorder were ruled out and münchausen’s syndrome w...