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Somatization and Conversion - Coggle Diagram
Somatization and Conversion
Experssio of physical symptoms in repose to psychological stress.
Expression of physical symptoms can affect everyday life
that's when doctors are needed
Different stressors - negative and positive can cause this physical pain
Symptoms
headaches, movement disorders, weakness, dizziness, fainting.
abdominal pain or bowel problems, diarrhea, incontinence, and constipation.
Treatment
Work with your care providers.
Practice stress management and relaxation techniques.
Get physically active.
Participate in activities.
Avoid alcohol and recreational drugs
mental condition in which a person has blindness, paralysis, or other nervous system (neurologic) symptoms that cannot be explained by medical evaluation.
Symptoms
Weakness or paralysis.
Abnormal movement, such as tremors or difficulty walking.
Seizures or episodes of shaking and apparent loss of consciousness
Loss of balance.
Symptoms
caused by some sort of extreme stress, emotional trauma, or depression.
Examples of conversion
blindness, diplopia, paralysis, dystonia, psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES),