Conversion Disorder: Where Mental Pain Becomes Physical
Dr. Gary Bell's Absurd Psychology
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The Economic Cost of Conversion Disorder
The annual bill for conversion disorder in the United States comes to around, listen to this, $20 billion. Patients who convert their emotional problems into physical symptoms spend nine times as much for healthcare as people who do not. 82% of adults with conversion disorder stop working because of their symptoms and end up on disability.
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