The Hysterical Personality in Men
PAUL V. LUISADA M.D.1,
ROGER PEELE M.D.2, , and
ELIZABETH A. PITTARD 3
1 Senior psychiatric resident, St. Elizabeths Hospital, National Institute of Mental Health, Washington, D.C. and Commissioned officer in the U. S. Public Health Service
2 Acting Assistant Superintendent, St. Elizabeths Hospital, National Institute of Mental Health, Washington, D.C. and Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
3 Staff Psychologist, Developmental Services Center, Washington, D.C.
The authors studied case records of 27 men who had been diagnosed as having hysterical personality, although they note that the current literature assumes that the diagnosis of hysterical personality applies predominantly to women. They believe that not recognizing the hysterical personality in men is not only a common diagnostic error but antitherapeutic and counterproductive as well.
