Sex, Age, and the Diagnosis of Hysteria (Briquet's Syndrome)

SAMUEL B. GUZE, ROBERT A. WOODRUFF, JR., and PAULA J. CLAYTONAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 129, Number 6

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.6.745

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A study of hysteria (Briquet's syndrome) in 500 psychiatric clinic patients showed that men and women differ with regard to the number of symptoms reported and to the distribution of symptoms by age. Young women reported a disproportionately greater number of symptoms than men or older women. The authors conclude that a diagnosis of hysteria, which is based upon a polysymptomatic disorder beginning early in life, is more likely to be made in women than in men.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 129 • Number 6 • December 1972

Pages: 745 - 748

PubMed: 4638726

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Published in print: December 1972

Published online: 1 April 2006

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SAMUEL B. GUZE

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ROBERT A. WOODRUFF, JR.

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PAULA J. CLAYTON

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Vice-Chancellor for Medical Affairs and Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, 4940 Audubon Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 63110

Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, 4940 Audubon Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 63110

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Sex, Age, and the Diagnosis of Hysteria (Briquet's Syndrome)

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