conversion disorder

conversion disorder — 名詞

1. a mental health condition where deep emotional pain or worry turns into real phy

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釋義

轉化症

心理壓力轉成身體症狀的精神疾病

a mental health condition where deep emotional pain or worry turns into real physical problems, like sudden blindness or trouble walking, even though doctors find nothing wrong with the body.

例句

Doctors diagnosed Adaeze with conversion disorder after every test on her legs came back normal.

在 Adaeze 雙腿的每項檢查都正常後，醫師診斷她患有轉化症。

diagnosed with conversion disorder + tests come back normal

In conversion disorder, painful feelings the mind cannot face often surface as real bodily symptoms.

在轉化症中，內心無法面對的痛苦情緒，常以真實的身體症狀表現出來。

definitional framing: emotional cause, physical symptom

同義詞

文法句型

diagnosed with conversion disorder

a case of conversion disorder

用法筆記

Almost always uncountable and clinical; pairs with verbs of diagnosis (diagnosed with, presents as). The newer DSM-5 term is 'functional neurological symptom disorder', but 'conversion disorder' is still widely used.

常見錯誤

❌He is faking a conversion disorder.
✅His conversion disorder symptoms are real, not faked.
💡the symptoms are genuine and not under the person's conscious control.
❌a conversion disorder of the engine
✅a conversion disorder in a trauma patient
💡it is a psychiatric condition, not a mechanical or chemical change.