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Hysteria

MedGen UID:: 5723
•Concept ID:: C0020701
•: Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction

Definition

A psychological state of emotional lability characterized by irrational behavior. This is a colloquial term that is not commonly used in clinical medicine. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

GTR
MeSH

CClinical test, RResearch test, OOMIM, GGeneReviews, VClinVar

CROGVHysteria

Abnormal nervous system physiology
- Abnormality of mental function
  - Atypical behavior
    - Impairment in personality functioning
      - Personality disorder
        Histrionic personality disorder
        Hysteria

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Psychosocial impact of COVID-19.

Dubey S, Biswas P, Ghosh R, Chatterjee S, Dubey MJ, Chatterjee S, Lahiri D, Lavie CJ
Diabetes Metab Syndr 2020 Sep-Oct;14(5):779-788. Epub 2020 May 27 doi: 10.1016/j.dsx.2020.05.035. PMID: 32526627 Free PMC Article

Functional neurological disorders: the neurological assessment as treatment.

Stone J
Pract Neurol 2016 Feb;16(1):7-17. Epub 2015 Dec 29 doi: 10.1136/practneurol-2015-001241. PMID: 26715762

History of physical and 'moral' treatment of hysteria.

Broussolle E, Gobert F, Danaila T, Thobois S, Walusinski O, Bogousslavsky J
Front Neurol Neurosci 2014;35:181-97. Epub 2014 Jun 26 doi: 10.1159/000360242. PMID: 25273500

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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Phenomenon of Nightclub Shots: Mass Psychogenic Disease?

Delhaye M, Zdanowicz N
Psychiatr Danub 2023 Oct;35(Suppl 2):160-163. PMID: 37800220

Jumping Frenchmen, Miryachit, and Latah: Culture-Specific Hyperstartle-Plus Syndromes.

Lanska DJ
Front Neurol Neurosci 2018;42:122-131. Epub 2017 Nov 17 doi: 10.1159/000475700. PMID: 29151096

Clinical manifestations of hysteria: an epistemological perspective or how historical dynamics illuminate current practice.

Medeiros De Bustos E, Galli S, Haffen E, Moulin T
Front Neurol Neurosci 2014;35:28-43. Epub 2014 Jun 26 doi: 10.1159/000360436. PMID: 25273487

Mass hysteria revisited.

Balaratnasingam S, Janca A
Curr Opin Psychiatry 2006 Mar;19(2):171-4. doi: 10.1097/01.yco.0000214343.59872.7a. PMID: 16612198

The atypical psychoses.

Manschreck TC, Petri M
Cult Med Psychiatry 1978 Sep;2(3):233-68. doi: 10.1007/BF00051006. PMID: 710173

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Diagnosis

Hysteria or epilepsy?

Drouin E, Péréon Y, Hautecoeur P
Epilepsy Behav 2020 Oct;111:107178. Epub 2020 Jun 22 doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2020.107178. PMID: 32585599

What Has Happened to Hysteria?

Cramer P
J Nerv Ment Dis 2019 Sep;207(9):705-706. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000850. PMID: 30256330

'Hysteria' today and tomorrow.

LaFrance WC Jr
Front Neurol Neurosci 2014;35:198-204. Epub 2014 Jun 26 doi: 10.1159/000360064. PMID: 25273501

Hysteria around the world.

Carota A, Calabrese P
Front Neurol Neurosci 2014;35:169-80. Epub 2014 Jun 26 doi: 10.1159/000360062. PMID: 25273499

Hysteria.

Illis LS
Spinal Cord 2002 Jul;40(7):311-2. doi: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101327. PMID: 12080458

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Therapy

The misogyny of iron deficiency.

Dugan C, MacLean B, Cabolis K, Abeysiri S, Khong A, Sajic M, Richards T; Women's Health research Collaborative
Anaesthesia 2021 Apr;76 Suppl 4:56-62. doi: 10.1111/anae.15432. PMID: 33682094

Passiflora incarnata L.: ethnopharmacology, clinical application, safety and evaluation of clinical trials.

Miroddi M, Calapai G, Navarra M, Minciullo PL, Gangemi S
J Ethnopharmacol 2013 Dec 12;150(3):791-804. Epub 2013 Oct 17 doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.09.047. PMID: 24140586

Hysterical paralysis.

Atan C, Seçkin U, Bodur H
Rheumatol Int 2007 Jul;27(9):873-4. Epub 2006 Dec 29 doi: 10.1007/s00296-006-0290-5. PMID: 17195064

Pseudoseizures.

Trimble MR
Neurol Clin 1986 Aug;4(3):531-48. PMID: 3528809

"Fibrositis" syndrome.

Rice JR
Med Clin North Am 1986 Mar;70(2):455-68. doi: 10.1016/s0025-7125(16)30963-4. PMID: 3512933

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Prognosis

Early History of Amnesia.

Langer KG
Front Neurol Neurosci 2019;44:64-74. Epub 2019 Apr 30 doi: 10.1159/000494953. PMID: 31220849

Pediatric functional neurologic symptoms.

Grattan-Smith PJ, Dale RC
Handb Clin Neurol 2016;139:489-498. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-801772-2.00040-0. PMID: 27719866

Functional sensory symptoms.

Stone J, Vermeulen M
Handb Clin Neurol 2016;139:271-281. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-801772-2.00024-2. PMID: 27719847

Research on religion, spirituality, and mental health: a review.

Koenig HG
Can J Psychiatry 2009 May;54(5):283-91. doi: 10.1177/070674370905400502. PMID: 19497160

Pseudoseizures.

Trimble MR
Neurol Clin 1986 Aug;4(3):531-48. PMID: 3528809

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Clinical prediction guides

The girls of La Salpêtrière.

Walusinski O
Front Neurol Neurosci 2014;35:65-77. Epub 2014 Jun 26 doi: 10.1159/000359993. PMID: 25273490

Passiflora incarnata L.: ethnopharmacology, clinical application, safety and evaluation of clinical trials.

Miroddi M, Calapai G, Navarra M, Minciullo PL, Gangemi S
J Ethnopharmacol 2013 Dec 12;150(3):791-804. Epub 2013 Oct 17 doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.09.047. PMID: 24140586

Pseudoseizures.

Bhatia MS
Indian Pediatr 2004 Jul;41(7):673-9. PMID: 15297682

Yawning?

Schiller F
J Hist Neurosci 2002 Dec;11(4):392-401. doi: 10.1076/jhin.11.4.392.8540. PMID: 12557656

Defining malingering.

Gorman WF
J Forensic Sci 1982 Apr;27(2):401-7. PMID: 7047677

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Recent systematic reviews

Personality in Chronic Headache: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.

Bottiroli S, Renzi A, Ballante E, De Icco R, Sances G, Tanzilli A, Vecchi T, Tassorelli C, Galli F
Pain Res Manag 2023;2023:6685372. Epub 2023 Aug 28 doi: 10.1155/2023/6685372. PMID: 37671122 Free PMC Article

Personality and insomnia: A systematic review and narrative synthesis.

Akram U, Stevenson JC, Gardani M, Allen S, Johann AF
J Sleep Res 2023 Dec;32(6):e14031. Epub 2023 Sep 1 doi: 10.1111/jsr.14031. PMID: 37654128

Sigmund Freud's evolution from neurology to psychiatry: evidence from his La Salpêtrière library.

Bogousslavsky J
Neurology 2011 Oct 4;77(14):1391-4. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31823152a1. PMID: 21968845

Research on religion, spirituality, and mental health: a review.

Koenig HG
Can J Psychiatry 2009 May;54(5):283-91. doi: 10.1177/070674370905400502. PMID: 19497160

La belle indifférence in conversion symptoms and hysteria: systematic review.

Stone J, Smyth R, Carson A, Warlow C, Sharpe M
Br J Psychiatry 2006 Mar;188:204-9. doi: 10.1192/bjp.188.3.204. PMID: 16507959

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