Dr Catherine Syengo Mutisya, a consultant psychiatrist, says hysteria is a psychiatric disorder in which a person exhibits physical symptoms with a psychological origin. Instead of verbalising ...

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Author's abstract report of eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth lectures, delivered at the Harvard Medical School, Nov. 12, 14 and 15. Select the format you want to export the citation of this ...

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When she recounted her ailments - shortness of breath, dizziness, a crushing feeling in her chest, a choking in her throat - Freud was convinced that she suffered from hysteria. Her symptoms first ...

Fast-forward to today, when hysteria is no longer a go-to label ... thyroid issues and certain heart conditions - early enough if their symptoms are misattributed to anxiety.