In part 1 of this series, readers learned how Nancy's early relational dynamics encouraged her need to be the center of attention and influenced tumultuous emotions. So overwhelming were her emotional ...

Of all conditions treated in our field, perhaps none more clearly demonstrates the need for a dynamically-informed psychiatry than conversion disorder. The patient who presents with neurological ...

Conversion disorder is a mental illness when neurological symptom exists without an explanation. Imagine you're just finishing up your lunch break when you suddenly can't move your legs. Up until this ...

In a study published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, David L. Perez, MD, MMSc, Founding Director of the Functional Neurological Disorder Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital ...