title: Hysterical fits previously diagnosed as epilepsy.
abstract: Seventeen patients with hysterical fits, previously diagnosed and treated by neurologists as epileptics, were distinguished from a matched control group of 17 epileptics by 5 factors: a family history and personal history of psychiatric disorder, attempted suicide, sexual maladjustment, and a current affective syndrome.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007046:Hysteria / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000235:genetics; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000175:diagnosis; D013406:Suicide, Attempted