The diagnosis of ‘hysteria’
- 1 February 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychological Medicine
- Vol. 5 (1) , 13-17
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291700007170
Abstract
Synopsis A study of 120 inpatients diagnosed as suffering from hysteria is presented and the validity of the diagnosis questioned. Clinical study showed that 13% showed only hysterical symptoms, 33% showed hysterical symptoms occurring with affective symptoms, 28% showed affective symptomatology only, and the remainder were either of other or uncertain diagnostic grouping. It is concluded that the 13% are suffering from a condition that can only be diagnosed as hysteria.Keywords
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