The Classification of Hysteria and Related Disorders: Historical and Phenomenological Considerations

The Classification of Hysteria and Related Disorders: Historical and Phenomenological Considerations

This article examines the history of the conceptualization of dissociative, conversion, and somatoform syndromes in relation to one another, chronicles efforts to classify these and other phenomenologically-related psychopathology in the American diagnostic system for mental disorders, and traces th...

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Main Author: Carol S. North
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-11-01
Series:Behavioral Sciences
Subjects:
dissociation
conversion
somatization
borderline personality disorder
hysteria
diagnostic classification
Briquet’s syndrome
nosology
diagnostic comorbidity
mental disorders
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/5/4/496

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