What's difference between somatization disorder&conversion disorder?

Subject: What's difference between somatization disorder&conversion disorder?

Date: Thu Mar 22 04:29:53 2001
Posted by arun
Grade level: grad (non-science) School: No school entered.
City: madurai State/Province: tamilnadu Country: india
Area of science: Medicine
ID: 985253393.Me

Message:


I understand that having physiological problems without any physiological cause 
is called a somatoform disorder.  But how does the somatization disorder, 
conversion disorder and hypochondriasis differ from each other? They all sound 
similar.

Re: What's difference between somatization disorder&conversion disorder?

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