Hysterical conversion. I: A history.
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Abstract
'Hysterical conversion' dates from a century before Freud, from an important attempt to rationalise the nosological status of hysteria. Freud's own concept of 'conversion' followed as a quite independent synthesis of 19th-century medical thinking on the subject. Subsequent analytical usage of 'conversion' which has influenced the description of hysterical syndromes within mainstream psychiatry, has not been consistent with Freud's own.
Medical subject headings
- Conversion Disorder
- Hysteria