The difference between illness anxiety disorder and conversion disorder is that:

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Livia Houston

27 January, 08:53

The difference between illness anxiety disorder and conversion disorder is that:

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Tori · Answer 1

The difference is that illness anxiety does not have somatic elements, that is, there's nothing physical troubling you, you just fear that something might trouble you. Conversion disorder has the somatic element meaning that an unsubstantiated problem is created and the doctors have to treat it.