CONVERSION DISORDER IN CHILDREN: LITERATURE REVIEW
Conversion symptoms are historically correlated with the psychopathological condition called Hysteria. Ancient doctors believed that this disease was directly linked to pathological changes present in the patient's uterus. Neurologist and professor Jean Martin Charcot (1825–1893) began the systematic study of these conditions using the hypnosis method. Later, Sigmund Freud (1856 – 1939), in collaboration with Josef Breuer, postulated the theory that Hysteria was a neurosis caused by repressed emotional traumas of great intensity (van der Kolk et al., 1989). The term “conversion” was initially introduced by Freud in his work with patient Anna O, where he hypothesized that the symptoms of conversion disorder reflect unconscious conflicts. According to psychoanalytic theory Conversion Disorder is caused by the repression of an unconscious intrapsychic conflict, converting anxiety into a physical symptom. This occurs when an instinctual impulse (aggression or sexuality) is prohibited from expressing.
CONVERSION DISORDER IN CHILDREN: LITERATURE REVIEW
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DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.1593842309107
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Palavras-chave: Conversive disorder childhood
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Keywords: Conversive disorder childhood
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Abstract:
Conversion symptoms are historically correlated with the psychopathological condition called Hysteria. Ancient doctors believed that this disease was directly linked to pathological changes present in the patient's uterus. Neurologist and professor Jean Martin Charcot (1825–1893) began the systematic study of these conditions using the hypnosis method. Later, Sigmund Freud (1856 – 1939), in collaboration with Josef Breuer, postulated the theory that Hysteria was a neurosis caused by repressed emotional traumas of great intensity (van der Kolk et al., 1989). The term “conversion” was initially introduced by Freud in his work with patient Anna O, where he hypothesized that the symptoms of conversion disorder reflect unconscious conflicts. According to psychoanalytic theory Conversion Disorder is caused by the repression of an unconscious intrapsychic conflict, converting anxiety into a physical symptom. This occurs when an instinctual impulse (aggression or sexuality) is prohibited from expressing.
- Thiago Pauluzi Justino
