hysteria
Sign in to savethumb|alt=refer to caption|An 1893 depiction of a woman with hysteria
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- History
- Historical symptoms
- Historical treatment
- Notable theorists
- Charcot
- Freud
- Modern perceptions
- See also
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thumb|alt=refer to caption|An 1893 depiction of a woman with hysteria
Hysteria is a term used to mean ungovernable emotional excess and can refer to a temporary state of mind or emotion. In the nineteenth century, female hysteria was considered a diagnosable physical illness in women. It is assumed that the basis for diagnosis operated under the belief that women are predisposed to mental and behavioral conditions; an interpretation of sex-related differences in stress responses. In the twentieth century, it shifted to being considered a mental illness. Influential physicians the likes of Sigmund Freud and Jean-Martin Charcot had dedicated research to hysteria patients.