Yassir has been under great stress at work.He tells his doctor that he cannot feel his hand from his wrist to his fingertips.He says it is as though all the feeling in the nerves was cut off at the wrist.The doctor, knowing how nerves are distributed, will probably see Yassir as having ____.

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Yassir's symptoms of loss of feeling in his hand from his wrist to his fingertips do not fit the criteria for complex somatic symptom disorder, factitious disorder imposed on another, or illness anxiety disorder. However, they do fit the criteria for functional neurological symptom disorder (also known as conversion disorder) which involves the presence of neurological symptoms that are not fully explained by a medical condition and are thought to be related to psychological factors such as stress.

Yassir Has Been Under Great Stress at Work