Hysteria and Antisocial Behavior: Further Evidence of an Association
SAMUEL B. GUZE M.D.1,
ROBERT A. WOODRUFF JR. M.D.2, , and
PAULA J. CLAYTON M.D.3
1 Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, 4940 Audubon Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 63110, Associate Psychiatrist, Barnes and Renard Hospitals, St. Louis, Mo.
2 Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, 4940 Audubon Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 63110, Assistant Psychiatrist, Barnes and Renard Hospitals, St. Louis, Mo.
3 Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, 4940 Audubon Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 63110, Assistant Psychiatrist, Barnes and Renard Hospitals, St. Louis, Mo.
The authors report on a controlled comparison of women with hysteria and women with anxiety neurosis that confirms other work, suggesting again that there is a significant clinical and familial association between hysteria and antisocial behavior or sociopathy.
