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 ...

We’ve probably all heard it before: A woman expresses rage or grief and gets called hysterical. Another discloses sexual harassment or assault, and she also gets labeled hysterical. The tendency to ...

Spread from ‘Hysteria’ (2015), text by Richard Appignanesi, drawings by Oscar Zarate (all images courtesy Self Made Hero) Psychotherapy as we know it today wouldn’t exist without the so-called female ...

New research has studied the controversial Freudian theory that Hysteria, a disorder resulting in severe neurological symptoms such as paralysis or seizures, arises in response to psychological stress ...

New research from King's College London has studied the controversial Freudian theory that Hysteria, a disorder resulting in severe neurological symptoms such as paralysis or seizures, arises in ...