skip to main content
LOTERRE

LOTERRE

Choisissez le vocabulaire dans lequel chercher

Langue des données

| español English
Aide à la recherche

Concept information

Terme préférentiel

hysteria  

Définition(s)

  • Hysteria refers to illnesses in which psychological distress manifests itself in bodily symptoms, a process often termed somaticization. Historically, hysteria was commonly used as a medical diagnosis for patients presenting with a broad range of physical maladies including convulsions, irregular speech or mutism, loss of hearing, sexual dysfunction, and gastrointestinal or genitourinary complaints. [Source: Cultural Sociology of Mental Illness: An A-to-Z Guide; Hysteria]

Appartient au groupe

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-X7K0X9WM-X

Télécharger ce concept: