Psycho-flexed Hand Associated with Conversion Reaction: A Case Report

Conversion disorder is an illness which manifests itself aspseudoneurologic syndromes that hides an emotional confl ict.this disorder covers 5 to is percent of the psychiatric consultations,in this case report, a young iranian woman who was referreddue to flexion contracture of the left wrist and inability toopen her hand voluntarily is presented, during the course oftherapy, some evidences in favor of existence of a significantemotional conflict were detected, through hypnosis she wasable to open her hand for a while, however after a few days itwas returned to the previous position, it seems a more sophisticatedapproach that uncovers and resolves her intrapsychic conflictsshould be recruited for successful treatment