Contemporary Approaches to the Study of Hysteria
Clinical and Theoretical Perspectives
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 5 April 2001
- Number of Volumes laminated boards
- ISBN 9780192632548
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages368 pages
- Size 247x173x23 mm
- Weight 832 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 2 halftones & 16 line illustrations 0
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Short description:
Patients with striking symptoms which have no discernible physical cause are typically labelled as suffering from hysterical conversion. This book covers aspects neglected by previous works on this controversial condition, moving away from traditional historico-sociological accounts towards neuroscientific theories about the causes and categorization of hysteria. Importantly, it also covers medico-legal aspects, prognosis, treatment and rehabilitation.
MoreLong description:
Patients with striking physical symptoms suggestive of a neurological disease, but no evidence of nervous system damage are typically labelled as suffering from "hysterical conversion". Despite claims that conversion disorders have disappeared from clinical practice, patients with conversion symptoms continue to present diagnostic conundrums to clinicians. The disorder accounts for 4% of all referrals to neurology services.
This book covers aspects neglected by previous works on this controversial condition, moving away from traditional historico-sociological accounts towards neuroscientific theories about the causes and categorization of hysteria. Recent investigations using functional imaging and hypnosis are covered, as are the neuropsychological accounts inspired by them, alongside more traditional psychodynamic accounts. A section on medico-legal aspects is innovative and timely. The key causal role of life events is also addressed, along with the influence of military conflict and culture in shaping and modifying clinical presentations, and changes in physical manifestations of hysteria through the centuries.
With contributions from a distinguished international team, representative of all interested specialty groups, this books aims to demonstrate that hysterical conversion remains clinically important, with potential for empirical research in both social and medical sciences, as well as offering a fertile source for advancing neuroscience.
This book is a welcome addition to the literature on hysteria and provides a balanced and generally critical review of contemporary theories on classification, epidemiology, aetiology and management... This book can be recommended to all those interested in the bewildering yet fascinating hinterland between neurology and psychiatry.
Table of Contents:
Part 1 - History
All in the mind? The history of hysterical conversion as a clinical concept
War based hysteria - the military perspective
Recovering hysteria from history: Herodotus and the 'first case of shell shock'
Part 2 - Definition
The origins of DSM and ICD criteria for conversion and somatization disorders
Discrepancies between diagnostic criteria and clinical practice
Conversion, dissociation or doxomorphic disorder
Conversion hysteria: a legal diagnosis
Part 3 - Clinical Presentation
The anthropology of hysteria
The epidemiology of hysterical conversion
Non-epileptic seizures
Hysterical conversion - the view from clinical neurology
Factitious disorders and malingering
Part 4 - Possible Mechanisms
Life events: meanings and precursors
Psychodynamic theories in conversion hysteria
Disorders of willed action
Conversion hysteria: the relevance of attentional awareness
Hysteria and hypnosis: cognitive and social influences
Imaging hysterical paralysis
Part 5 - Prognosis and Management
The prognosis of hysteria/somatization disorder
Psychodynamic psychotherapy in the treatment of conversion hysteria
Cognitive behavioural therapy as a treatment for conversion disorder
Hypnosis and suggestion in the treatment of hysteria
Rehabilitation for hysterical conversion states: a critical review and conceptual reconstruction
