The essential features of hysteria are: (a) physical symptoms, (b) absence of organic pathology, and (c) psychological conflict.
Classification and clinical features
There are three main patterns of hysteria: monosymptomatic, polysymptomatic and epidemic.
Monosymptomatic hysteria (conversion disorder) Typically there is gross loss of neurological function. Thismay involve:
• the limbs, e.g. paralysis, anaesthesia or dystonia the higher functions, e.g. [...]
There are many important professional careers in a variety of industries. Among these many varied professions, there are some that are critically important but are not as well known to the general public. This can be unfortunate because a number of the jobs in these professions will lead to a significant improvement in the quality [...]
Clinical Hypnosis is a procedure in which an individual is taught to enter a state of heightened focus, relaxation and suggestibility. This hypnotic trance state becomes the basis for alleviating or resolving medical and psychological symptoms, as well as enhancing performance and creativity. However, for many people hypnosis conjures up images of zombie-like states where [...]
Like all medicine issues, alcohol treatment has come a long way in the past decades. In the past 25 years, important strides have been made in understanding alcohol problems and diverse intervention approaches have been developed. Alcohol problems are no longer viewed as a unitary, “all-or-nothing” clinical entity (e.g. “alcoholism”) for which there is a [...]
Medical negligence is where doctors or any other professional in the medical profession have been found in breach of a duty of care. For example if a doctor failed to diagnose a medical condition or diagnosed the wrong condition this would be classed as medical negligence.
Doctors, dentists, midwives, nurses, physiotherapists, psychologists and psychiatrists all have [...]
Deep brain stimulation is one of the ways that anyone can use to help with many emotional problems. The psychology behind emotional scarring and depression is that the wound lies not within the physical dimension within the body, but it is reproduced within specific parts of the mind. These are where the centres of emotion, [...]
“The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unlovedâ€, this is a line from the late Mother Teresa. For people with clinical depression, loneliness is not the only enemy. There are other things apart from the sadness that they feel. In this article, I will be discussing the nature of clinical depression, [...]
Clinical Uses Of Hypnosis
During my training as a professional hypnotherapist and during the many years that led to my instructor status involving Neuro-Linguistic Programming, I constantly heard my teachers espousing the wonders of Dr. Milton H. Erickson. Yes, it was Erickson, who has been called the Father of American Hypnotherapy, who gave us tremendous insights [...]
Treating clinical depression, and depression in general, has become so easy, perhaps too easy. By reading every word of this article you will find out about completely undervalued, re-discovered treatments that could put an end to depression, and make you feel like yourself again!
Our society has never had so many unhappy people. It is shocking [...]
Geriatrics and Gerontology are often used to mean the same thing. Geriatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with the illness and care of the aged, while Gerontology is the study of factors affecting the normal aging process and the effects of aging on persons of all ages.
Geriatric nursing focuses on the care of [...]
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