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October 1919

A STUDY OF HYSTERIA, BASED MAINLY ON CLINICAL MATERIAL OBSERVED IN THE U. S. ARMY HOSPITAL FOR WAR NEUROSES AT PLATTSBURG BARRACKS, N. Y.

Author Affiliations

Lieutenant-Colonel, Medical Section, Officers' Reserve Corps, U. S. Army; Clinical Director, Kings Park State Hospital KINGS PARK, N. Y.

Arch NeurPsych. 1919;2(4):419-460. doi:10.1001/archneurpsyc.1919.02180100052006
Abstract

Introductory Remarks

Purely Functional and Mental Nature of Hysteria

Analysis of Two Selected Groups of Hysteria

Etiologic Mechanism of Hysteria

Acute Emotional Disorders to be Distinguished from Hysteria

Illicit Motive as Factor in Etiology

Psychic Mechanisms Underlying Cures

Particular Method of Therapy of Comparatively Little Importance

Spontaneous Cures

Circumstances Contributing to the Prevalence of Hysteria

Relationship Between Hysteria and Malingering

Distinction Between Hysteria and Malingering

Sex Factors—Intrapsychic Conflicts

The Hysterical Personality

New Designation Suggested for Hysteria

Neurasthenia

Striking Case Demonstrating the Remarkable Stability of a Normal Neuropsychic Constitution

Lessons for Civilian Practice.

Psycho-Analysis in War Neuroses

Summary

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS  It has been repeatedly observed that the apparent incidence of nervous and mental disorders in armies in times of peace is higher than in civil populations. The causes which combine to produce this general result are probably many and varied. To a certain extent, however, this statistical showing is to be

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