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Bypassing Shame and Conversion Disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

R.G. Bota  and
A. Preda
R.G. Bota
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, USA
A. Preda
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, UCI, Orange, USA

Abstract

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In this presentation we report a case of conversion disorder (partial aphonia) that was successfully treated with speech therapy. During the one year duration of this illness, the patient regained transiently (minutes) her normal speech on a few occasions independently of concomitant pharmacological interventions. Several hypotheses of the mechanisms of conversion disorder are reviewed as specifically applied to this case. The possible role of a pertinent shame mechanism to the conversion pathology is discussed.

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P03-240
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European Psychiatry , Volume 24 , Issue S1: 17th EPA Congress - Lisbon, Portugal, January 2009, Abstract book , January 2009 , 24-E1239
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2009
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