A patient has had what appeared to be an epileptic seizure; however, the patient's MRI and EEG results that do not show seizure activity. After a thorough assessment and appropriate tests by the patient's health care professional, the nurse begins to suspect which psychological disorder?

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2. Patients who have symptoms of conversion disorder experience one or more changes in voluntary motor or sensory function, changes that are not recognized as neurologic or medical in origin. Some patients may experience symptoms that mimic seizure. Factitious disorder is characterized by patients falsifying an illness. Somatic symptom disorder refers to emotional distress that exhibits through somatic or physiological symptoms. Illness anxiety disorder refers to patients who experience preoccupation with having an illness, though there are typically no physical symptoms.

A Patient Has Had What Appeared to Be an Epileptic