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disease > psychopathology > mental disorder > psychosis > hysterical neurosis
disease > psychopathology > mental disorder > névrosis > hysterical neurosis

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hysterical neurosis  

Definition

  • Hysteria colloquially means ungovernable emotional excess. Generally, modern medical professionals have abandoned using the term "hysteria" to denote a diagnostic category, replacing it with more precisely defined categories, such as somatization disorder. (Wikipedia)

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  • hysterical psychosis

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