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Sterico – Homeopathic remedy for Mental health – Hysteria now called Conversion Disorder

In 1980, the American Psychological Association (APA) changed the diagnosis of “hysterical neurosis, conversion type” to “conversion disorder.”12

 Today, someone might be diagnosed with different types of disorders that were historically known as hysteria, including dissociative and somatic disorders.

Dissociative Disorders

Dissociative disorders are psychological disorders that involve an interruption in aspects of consciousness, including those related to identity and memory. Disorders in this category include:

• Dissociative amnesia, which involves forgetting personal information or not being able to recall certain events
• Dissociative fugue, which involves forgetting personal information combined with changing physical locations, sometimes creating a new identity in the process
• Dissociative identity disorder, which involves having two or more distinct personalities, each with no memory of what the other has done

Somatic Symptom Disorder

In the DSM-5, symptoms that once existed under the broad umbrella of “hysteria” now fit under what is referred to as somatic symptom disorder.13 There are several related conditions that can be diagnosed within this category, including:

• Conversion disorder (functional neurological symptom disorder)
• Factitious disorder (Munchausen syndrome imposed on one’s self)
• Illness anxiety disorder (formerly hypochondriasis)

Somatic symptom disorder involves having a significant focus on physical symptoms such as weakness, pain, or shortness of breath. This preoccupation with symptoms results in significant distress and difficulties with normal functioning.

With somatic symptom disorder, the person may or may not have a medical condition. It is important to note that the disorder does not involve faking an illness—whether the person is sick or not, they believe that they are ill.