Group therapy for patients with hysteria (Briquet's disorder).
It was found that group therapy helped patients with hysteria by (1) satisfying their need to talk (2) lessening their concern about their physical symptoms (3) giving them important knowledge of the illness (4) giving them new ways of handling the illness by themselves (5) giving them the support and the companionship of the other group members (6) reducing their need of medicines (7) reducing psychiatry visits (8) helping them to get along better with their families (9) increasing their self-confidence and (10) improving their mood.
D006801:Humans; D007046:Hysteria / Q000628:therapy*; D011599:Psychopathology; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods