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Conversion disorder

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Mental condition in which a person has blindness, paralysis, or other nervous system (neurologic) symptoms that cannot be explained by medical evaluation. The client usually shows little concern for the condition ("la belle indifference). The cause is a physical response to something causing severe anxiety.

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