Tutorial Five

Tutorial Five: Video Production Sessions

Introduce a chosen topic of interest drawn from your fieldwork experience or an OT practice area

A topic of interest I have come across on my fieldwork experiences is a condition called Conversion Disorder.

“Conversion disorder is a condition in which a person has blindness, paralysis, or other nervous system (neurologic) symptoms that cannot be explained by medical evaluation” (PubMed Health, 2010). Put simply, a person with conversion disorder experiences physical symptoms with no physiological or neurological reason.
Retrieved 1 May 2012 from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001950/


Below are five videos explaining, demonstrating and providing a personal experience of conversion disorder:

Neurologist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbQK8ucIcAw
Jennifer McVige is a paediatric neurologist describes conversion disorder as psychological symptoms manifesting themselves in a physiological form.

Descriptive slide
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yJiK-9rs8g
A slideshow introducing what conversion disorder is, including symptoms and risk factors.

Psych conversion disorder case
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt_Js1jHuLQ&feature=related
Describing the stressor of conversion disorder, also known as somatoform disorder.

Dr James Amos (has blog)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J5BedXLOu0
Psychiatrist discussing somatoform disorders (conversion disorder). Below is a link to this Doctor’s blog. http://jajsamos.wordpress.com/

Danielle’s journey with conversion disorder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xhypWbI0bk
Journey of a girl with conversion disorder and her personal experience.