Hysteria: a clinical and sociodemographic profile of 40 patients admitted to a teaching hospital, 1985-1995
Annals of Saudi Medicine. 1997; 17 (1): 35-8
in English
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ABSTRACT
This is a retrospective clinical study of 40 inpatients diagnosed as suffering from hysteria, as defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental disorders [DSM III-R], admitted to King Khalid University Hospital at Riyadh over a period 10 years [1985-95]. The female male ratio was 31, 80% were less than 30 years of age and 60% were single. Hysterical conversion was the most common type [95%], whereas hysterical dissociation was rare [2.5%]. A stressful situation preceded the onset of symptoms in 62.5% of the cases
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Index:
IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Social Class
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Demography
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Retrospective Studies
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Conversion Disorder
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Dissociative Disorders
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Hospitals, Teaching
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Ann. Saudi Med.
Year:
1997
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