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Hysteria and Depression: The Frequency and Significance of Hysterical Personality Features in Hospitalized Depressed Women

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.124.11S.48

Lack of clarity of definition has contributed to the difficulty in studying the phenomena of hysteria and depression. The authors, by devising a reliable measure for the hysterical personality and by using the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, have attempted to study the frequency and significance of hysterical personality features in hospitalized depressed women.

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