If patients report blindness, deafness, paralysis, or seizures, but physicians cannot find any evidence of a physical problem or cause, physicians are likely to suspect a ________ disorder.
A) personality
B) schizophrenic
C) conversion
D) compulsive

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The symptoms mentioned in the question are typical of Conversion Disorder, a condition in which physical symptoms (such as blindness or paralysis) occur without any underlying physical cause but due to psychological factors. It is considered a somatoform disorder, which means it involves physical symptoms that have psychological causes.

If Patients Report Blindness, Deafness, Paralysis, or Seizures, but Physicians