Hysterical Paralysis
National Institutes of Health
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Freud used a spatial model of mental organization, derived from his explanation of aphasia, as an organizing framework for…
Background There was debate in the 19th century regarding the question of whether there was such a thing as hysterical paralysis…
H ysteria has been the subject of controversy for many years, with theorists arguing about whether it is best explained by a…
‘At the time of her falling ill (in 1880) Fraulein Anna O was twenty-one years old’. Thus begins one of the most famous of all…
The Jameses provide abundant material for this study of the function of writing within a family, combining a relationship between…
Seventeen patients were diagnosed as having hysterical paralysis. Although a variety of patterns of motor and sensory loss were…
Classical hysterical syndromes are not seldom today, either. In report on 172 patients with psychogenic fits (55% of them) or…
Disturbances of the motility of the eyes due to functional neuroses and hysteria require consideration not only because of their…