Why Is It Difficult to Describe Effective Treatments for Conversion

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Multiple Choice

Why is it difficult to describe effective treatments for conversion disorder?

• A)Extensive research has found drugs work for some patients while cognitive-behavioural therapy works for others.
• B)Extensive research has found that there are no effective treatments for the disorder.
• C)Research in the 1970s suggested drug treatments worked; however, recent research suggests that drug treatments do not work.
• D)There have been very few systematic, controlled studies evaluating treatment.

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Definitions:

Sympathetic Nervous System

Part of the autonomic nervous system responsible for mobilizing the body's response during stress, including increasing heart rate, and dilating airways.

Physiological Changes

Physiological changes are alterations in the body's normal biological functions, which can result from various factors including stress, exercise, or health conditions.

Activation

The process in psychology and physiology by which something is prepared or excited into action or increased activity, such as the activation of certain brain regions in response to stimuli.

Hans Selye

A pioneering Hungarian-Canadian endocrinologist known for his research on the stress response and the development of the general adaptation syndrome (GAS) theory.