The diagnosis of 'hysteria'

Psychol Med. 1975 Feb;5(1):13-7. doi: 10.1017/s0033291700007170.

Abstract

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 occuring 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.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Agoraphobia / complications
  • Anxiety
  • Conversion Disorder / diagnosis
  • Depression / complications
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Dissociative Disorders / diagnosis
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Histrionic Personality Disorder / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Hysteria / complications
  • Hysteria / diagnosis*
  • London
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Schizophrenia / complications
  • Time Factors