Conversion Disorder is an interesting and often frustrating disorder. Over the years, I’ve worked a number of clients who have it.
The brain is a complex organ that produces all kinds of physical and emotional effects on your body. Sometimes, emotional trauma or psychological stress can trigger physical symptoms. When this ...
Conversion therapy sells a promise of transformation, but what it really delivers is a slow disintegration of the soul. You ...
Conversion disorder is a psychiatric condition in which a person has neurological symptoms like paralysis or blindness with no physiological cause. In the past, such events were often described as ...
When the harms of conversion therapy came to light a decade ago, and a campaign to ban its use on children swept the nation, ...
ROCHESTER — WXXI-TV will focus on conversion disorder in an episode of its national health series “Second Opinion.” The episode bwon’t air until October, but the public may participate in Saturday’s ...
A U.S. Army veteran lied about having a disorder and exaggerated his symptoms to scam the Department of Veterans Affairs out of disability benefits, according to federal authorities. Now Bruce Hay, of ...
At the Supreme Court, a majority of justices seemed poised to rule against a Colorado law banning so-called conversion ...
Ashley Lauretta is a journalist based in Austin, Texas. Her bylines can be found in WIRED, the Atlantic, SELF, ELLE, elemental, espnW, Men’s Journal and more. Ashley Lauretta is a journalist based in ...
This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter. Leah Stiles kept a dark secret ...
When working with Long COVID patients, I regularly hear things like “My doctor thought I was crazy” or “My doctor doesn’t believe me,” or “Everyone thinks this is all in my head.” Why do doctors ...