Perhaps the most effective treatment for leg paralysis due to conversion disorder may be the simplest: Educate the patient about the nature of the symptoms. At least for three patients in one study, simply showing them their normal test results and contradictions from their physical exam did the trick. These patients walked out of the hospital unaided immediately after these results were given to them (Letonoff et al., 2002).
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