hysteria

https://rootedinrights.org/doing-harm-how-the-remnants-of-hysteria-impact-chronically-ill-people/

I realised there wasn’t a specific thread for the link between BPS/psychosomatics and sexism. So I’ve created one. The thing that prompted me to create this thread, was that I was looking at a review of “CBT for Cancer”, and noticed that CBT is very outproportionally studied in breast cancer...

Link (Paywall): https://doi.org/10.1177/10398562231222809 Abstract Objective The aim is to consider Long COVID not as a new clinical entity but as another example of a disabling, historical phenomenon. Conclusions A triad of polymorphic symptomatology, an elusive pathophysiological explanation...

Abstract In this article, the authors accentuate the signs and symptoms of conversion disorder and the significance of clinical judgment and expertise in order to reach the right diagnosis. The authors review the literature and provide information on the etiology, prevalence, diagnostic...

Don't fully know what to make of this. I think it's a sensationalist mess of an article. What leaped out at me was the first line 'Public healthcare systems form a vital part of the welfare state.' 'COVID-19 and the Political Economy of Mass Hysteria' Abstract 'In this article, we aim...

"The Department of Health and Social Care marked International Women’s Day this year with the launch of a consultation, asking women in England to share their experiences of the ‘gender health gap’. It’s a welcome gesture, but it must be backed up by action – and cold hard cash – particularly...

New blog post in which Evelien and I analyze Canadian historian Edward Shorter’s view on ME/CFS. https://mecfsskeptic.com/from-paralysis-to-fatigue-a-critical-review-of-edward-shorters-view-on-chronic-fatigue-syndrome/ Twitter summary:

Full title: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Organic Disease or Psychosomatic Illness? A Re-Examination of the Royal Free Epidemic of 1955 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33375343/

This post and several following have been moved from several different threads. Article by prof Brian Hughes at his blog The Science Bit: Post-Covid syndrome, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, and the recurring pseudoscience of mass hysteria People with ME have been waiting decades for their...

Jon Stone cross referencing himself again. Paywall, https://academic.oup.com/brain/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/brain/awaa037/5816705 Not available via Sci hub at time of posting.

David Oliver: Sepsis—what’s behind the “hype”? bmj article: https://www.bmj.com/content/367/bmj.l6327 lancet article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(19)32483-3/fulltext#%20

The mystery of screaming schoolgirls in Malaysia 11 August 2019 full article here https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-48850490

It's a very, very small sample, not replicated and so on. But it is interesting to see some biomedical research happening in that field. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/914493?src=soc_tw_share#vp_1

Havana Syndrome: U.S. and Canadian diplomats targeted with possible weapon causing brain injury and neurological symptoms CBS News/60 Minutes main story/video https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brain-trauma-suffered-by-u-s-diplomats-abroad-could-be-work-of-hostile-foreign-government-60-minutes/ CBS...

https://spoonseeker.com/2019/03/08/mus-international-womens-day/

not new but many people do not know about it: http://www.richardwebster.net/hysteriarevisited.html also: http://www.richardwebster.net/freudandcharcot.html http://www.richardwebster.net/freudandhysteria.html powerful writing. [edited. as with any relevant material, where possible, it is...

"Ovary-reacting???!!! :woot::wtf::arghh::banghead: Read the whole post by ISHO (In Susan's Humble Opinion) here: https://ishoblog.com/2018/10/18/pass-the-snuff-and-loosen-the-corsets-theyre-back-to-researching-hysteria/?fbclid=IwAR3auNOacrDAvo08nkuRdpYynFghkQe_3kFphx5Amb-C9XoA8ygVh4ulxz0

This was a neat comic based on Maya Dusenbery's book "Doing Harm" The Dark History of Hysteria Jennifer Brea shares some reflections in this thread on Twitter.

I wasn't sure where to post this. It is not a term I'm familiar with. Perhaps others can decide whether many of the people who had been diagnosed with it could have had ME/CFS.

The blog includes ME as the example par excellence. http://www.ginamcgalliard.com/hysteria-by-different-names-gender-bias-in-patient-care/