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