When the Body Speaks: Conversion Disorder and Beyond

The hard problem of consciousness asks: "How do bodily processes become subjective experiences?" In conversion disorder (previously called ‘hysteria’; now called functional neurological disorder; or ‘FND’) the question is reversed: "How do subjective experiences become bodily disorders?” The aim of this important congress is to engage psychoanalysts; psychotherapists; psychiatrists; neurologists -- and all others treating and investigating this disorder -- in a conversation about the role of emotional life in its pathogenesis and treatment. Through clinical and research reports; innovative methods and findings; we will attempt to achieve an integrated understanding of this intriguing body/mind connection.