IN the past, some schools have been hit by mass hysteria especially towards examinations. <br>Medical experts say hysteria is a medical condition referred to as a conversion disorder which manifests ...

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ONE of us (S.B.G.) has been pursuing a series of studies to clarify the diagnostic features of hysteria and to learn more about its natural history. 1–3 We use the term hysteria to designate the ...

Before "that time of the month" became a catch-all excuse for a woman's mood swings, there was another, stranger uterus-adjacent reason for female distress: hysteria. This wasn't just a misogynistic ...

One of the most arresting features of Asti Hustvedt's Medical Muses is its photographs. Taken in the psychiatric ward of the Salpetriere Hospital during the regime of neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot, ...