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- Female hysteria: The history of a controversial 'condition'Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, female hysteria was one of the most commonly diagnosed “disorders.”. But the mistaken notion that women are somehow predisposed to mental and behavioral ...
- The Classification of Hysteria and Related Disorders: Historical and ...Freud’s work with hysteria formed the theoretical basis for the development of the field of psychoanalysis and the techniques he used to treat hysteria . As Freud’s repression-based theory of hysteria gained popular support, Janet’s dissociation-based theory faded from prominence, falling into relative disuse for most of the next century ...
- The History of Hysteria | Office for Science and Society - McGill ...Before its classification as a mental disorder, hysteria was considered a physical ailment, first described medically in 1880 by Jean-Martin Charcot. Even before this, hysteria was thoroughly described in ancient Egyptian and Greek societies. So what was hysteria? How did it just go away?
- Women And Hysteria In The History Of Mental Health - PMCAbstract. Hysteria is undoubtedly the first mental disorder attributable to women, accurately described in the second millennium BC, and until Freud considered an exclusively female disease. Over 4000 years of history, this disease was considered from two perspectives: scientific and demonological.
- Mass Hysteria: Definition, Examples, Causes, and More - HealthlineMass hysteria refers to an outbreak of unusual and uncharacteristic behaviors, thoughts and feelings, or health symptoms shared among a group of people. People affected by mass hysteria:
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