A review of malingering and hysteria in clinical practice.
Hysteria and malingering, both commonly seen, especially in orthopaedic clinics, are reveiwed. Advances in psychology and psychiatry are often unknown or ignored by surgeons, who may thus mistreat or misdiagnose a multitude of conditions.
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007046:Hysteria / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D008306:Malingering / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy