title: The diagnosis of 'hysteria'.
abstract: A study of 120 inpatients diagnosed as suffering from hysteria is presented and the validity of the diagnosis questioned. Clinical study showed that 13% showed only hysterical symptoms, 33% showed hysterical symptoms occuring with affective symptoms, 28% showed affective symptomatology only, and the remainder were either of other or uncertain diagnostic grouping. It is concluded that the 13% are suffering from a condition that can only be diagnosed as hysteria.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000379:Agoraphobia / Q000150:complications; D001007:Anxiety; D003291:Conversion Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004213:Dissociative Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006677:Histrionic Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007046:Hysteria / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008131:London; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000150:complications; D013997:Time Factors