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. 1992 Nov;55(11):1046–1053. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.55.11.1046

Hysteria following brain injury.

P Eames 1
PMCID: PMC1015291  PMID: 1469401

Abstract

Of 167 patients referred to a unit treating severe behaviour disorders after brain injury, 54 showed clinical features closely resembling those of gross hysteria as described by Charcot. Close correlation was found with very diffuse insults (hypoxia and hypoglycaemia), but not with severity of injury or with family or personal history of hysterical or other psychiatric disorder. The findings may have implications for the understanding of the nature of hysteria.

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