The Diagnosis of Hysteria: What Are We Trying to Do?

SAMUEL B. GUZEAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 124, Number 4

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.124.4.491

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The diagnosis of a "functional" psychiatric illness may be considered valid if the patients do not develop the features of a different illness, if they have a similar clinical course, and if an increased prevalence of the same disorder is encountered among their relatives. Diagnostic validity thus requires follow-up and family studies. Using these principles, the author summarizes his studies of hysteria and delineates the diagnostic criteria that have been appropriately validated.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 124 • Number 4 • October 1967

Pages: 491 - 498

PubMed: 6050768

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Published in print: October 1967

Published online: 1 April 2006

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SAMUEL B. GUZE

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

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The Diagnosis of Hysteria: What Are We Trying to Do?

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