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hysteria
Sign in to savethumb|alt=refer to caption|An 1893 depiction of a woman with hysteria
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Vinony's link graph records 711 inbound references to hysteria, and connects out to Sigmund Freud, woman and love.
It sits within the topics Emotions, Fear and History of psychology.
Vinony links it to 60 Wikipedia language editions.
Research
12,071 papers- Hysteria.ReviewThe British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science · 1975Reed JL
- 'Hysteria' today and tomorrow.ReviewFrontiers of neurology and neuroscience · 2014LaFrance WC JrDOI: 10.1159/000360064
- Hysteria.Spinal cord · 2002Illis LSDOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101327
- "Hysteria" in clinical neurology.ReviewThe Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques · 1995Mai FMDOI: 10.1017/s0317167100040166
- [Neurology of hysteria (conversion disorder)].ReviewBrain and nerve = Shinkei kenkyu no shinpo · 2014Sonoo M
- HYSTERIA.Medical record and annals · 1963BENTLIF PS
- Hysteria.British medical journal · 1953BATCHELOR IRDOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.4818.1041
- Mass hysteria and the media: Folie à Troupeau?ReviewPediatric neurology · 2013Roach ESDOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2013.04.013
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Clinical Trials
104 registered- COMPLETEDStimulation of Sensation and Improvement in Swallowing Using Oral CapsaicinUniversity of California, Davis · NCT01053286
- NOT_YET_RECRUITINGPassive Thoughts in Functional Movement DisordersWestern University, Canada · NCT06439017
- NANOT_YET_RECRUITINGAssessment of Laryngopharyngeal Sensation: Cancer Survivor CohortUniversity of California, San Francisco · NCT06078527
- COMPLETEDAspects of Validity of the Single Leg Squat Test: A Cohort Study of Female Soccer Players.Karolinska Institutet · NCT05289284
- COMPLETEDCytokine Levels in Conversion DisorderTrakya University · NCT00971360
- NACOMPLETEDTrial Of Neurostimulation Treatment and Investigation for Causes of Functional Motor Symptoms: a Pilot StudyKing's College London · NCT05829005
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- personality trait
- Subclass of
- neurosis
- Image
- Hysteria.jpg
- Said to be same as
- histrionic personality disorder
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- topic's main category
- Category:Hysteria
- Commons category
- Hysteria
- ICPC 2 ID
- P75
- measurement scale
- Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Art+Feminism
- health specialty
- psychology
- studied by
- psychoanalysis
- different from
- histrionic personality disorder
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Historical symptoms
- Historical treatment
- Notable theorists
- Charcot
- Freud
- Modern perceptions
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|alt=refer to caption|An 1893 depiction of a woman with hysteria
Hysteria is a term used to mean ungovernable emotional excess and can refer to a temporary state of mind or emotion. In the nineteenth century, female hysteria was considered a diagnosable physical illness in women. It is assumed that the basis for diagnosis operated under the belief that women are predisposed to mental and behavioral conditions; an interpretation of sex-related differences in stress responses. In the twentieth century, it shifted to being considered a mental illness. Influential physicians the likes of Sigmund Freud and Jean-Martin Charcot had dedicated research to hysteria patients.
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