title: Socioeconomic background of hysteria's metamorphosis from the 18th Century to World War I.
abstract: The many changes in the etiopathogenic theories of hysteria, developed from the end of the 18th century to the end of World War I, can only be understood by studying the social, political, economic, and cultural transformations of the Western world during the same period. These transformations, presented below along with concurrent medical discoveries, make it possible to explain the ongoing metamorphosis of both hysteria and the image of the hysteric patient.
authors.affiliation: Professor of Contemporary History, Université Paris Ouest, Nanterre, France.
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Edelman
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Walusinski
mesh_terms: D003469:Culture; D006666:History of Medicine; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007046:Hysteria / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000266:history*; D012931:Social Environment; D019366:Western World / Q000266:history