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  1. livinglighter
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    Conversion Disorder — Mind versus Body: A Review, 2015, Ali et al

    Abstract In this article, the authors accentuate the signs and symptoms of conversion disorder and the significance of clinical judgment and...
    Thread by: livinglighter, Oct 15, 2023, 23 replies, in forum: Other psychosomatic news and research
  2. Lou B Lou
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    COVID-19 and the Political Economy of Mass Hysteria, 2021, Bagus et al.

    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...
    Thread by: Lou B Lou, Jan 16, 2023, 11 replies, in forum: Epidemics (including Covid-19, not Long Covid)
  3. Andy
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    UK News article: Women are still branded ‘hysterical’ because of chronic illnesses which are under-researched and under-funded

    "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...
    Thread by: Andy, Mar 16, 2021, 0 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS news
  4. ME/CFS Skeptic
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    From Paralysis to Fatigue: a critical review of Edward Shorter’s view on chronic fatigue syndrome - ME/CFS skeptic

    New blog post in which Evelien and I analyze Canadian historian Edward Shorter’s view on ME/CFS....
    Thread by: ME/CFS Skeptic, Feb 14, 2021, 36 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS news
  5. John Mac
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    ME/CFS: Organic Disease or Psychosomatic Illness? A Re-Examination of the Royal Free Epidemic of 1955, Underhill & Baillod, 2020

    Full title: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Organic Disease or Psychosomatic Illness? A Re-Examination of the Royal Free...
    Thread by: John Mac, Dec 26, 2020, 41 replies, in forum: ME/CFS research news
  6. Kalliope
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    The Science Bit: Post-Covid syndrome, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, and the recurring pseudoscience of mass hysteria, July 2020, by Brian Hughes

    This post and several following have been moved from several different threads. Article by prof Brian Hughes at his blog The Science Bit:...
    Thread by: Kalliope, Jul 27, 2020, 22 replies, in forum: Long Covid news
  7. Andy
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    The Arc de Siècle: functional neurological disorder during the ‘forgotten’ years of the 20th century, 2020, Stone et al

    Jon Stone cross referencing himself again. In 1900, functional neurological disorder, then known as ‘hysteria’, was a key topic of neurological...
    Thread by: Andy, Apr 7, 2020, 26 replies, in forum: Other psychosomatic news and research
  8. Sly Saint
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    The Lancet : “Sepsis hysteria: excess hype and unrealistic expectations.” reactions

    David Oliver: Sepsis—what’s behind the “hype”? A letter was published in the Lancet last week, entitled “Sepsis hysteria: excess hype and...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Nov 11, 2019, 3 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  9. Sly Saint
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    BBC Article - Re 'Mass hysteria in Malaysia' - SW comments

    The mystery of screaming schoolgirls in Malaysia 11 August 2019 The mechanisms behind mass hysteria are often poorly understood and it is not...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Aug 15, 2019, 20 replies, in forum: Other psychosomatic news and research
  10. rvallee
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    ‘Havana syndrome’ symptoms of diplomats in Cuba are not mass hysteria

    Since no one is posting this yet I'm going to right ahead. Replace a few words and this argument could be applied to ME. The main arguments are...
    Thread by: rvallee, Jul 6, 2019, 144 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  11. Cheshire
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    'Hysterical' Motor Symptoms Explained?

    Abnormally high levels of limbic glutamate may be at the root of unexplained functional motor symptoms (FMS) that previously have been attributed...
    Thread by: Cheshire, Jun 19, 2019, 2 replies, in forum: Other psychosomatic news and research
  12. leokitten
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    Havana Syndrome: U.S. and Canadian diplomats targeted with possible weapon causing brain injury and neurological symptoms

    CBS News/60 Minutes main story/video...
    Thread by: leokitten, Mar 19, 2019, 41 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  13. Andy
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    Blog: Spoonseeker, "MUS – International Women’s Day"

    A friend has asked me to post this and I thoroughly agree that this is an important issue affecting women in particular. People with M.E. may...
    Thread by: Andy, Mar 9, 2019, 1 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS news
  14. Samuel
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    Hysteria revisited: medicine, psychiatry and the ME wars

    not new but many people do not know about it: http://www.richardwebster.net/hysteriarevisited.html also:...
    Thread by: Samuel, Oct 26, 2018, 10 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS news
  15. Ravn
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    Blog: Lloyd's Fatigue Clinic study asks “are women with CFS ovary-reacting?”

    Pass the snuff and loosen the corsets – they’re back to researching hysteria Professor Andrew Lloyd is the only advisor to the National...
    Thread by: Ravn, Oct 24, 2018, 45 replies, in forum: Psychosomatic news - ME/CFS and Long Covid
  16. Kalliope
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    The Nib: The Dark History of Hysteria

    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 by: Kalliope, Sep 10, 2018, 3 replies, in forum: Other psychosomatic news and research
  17. Dolphin
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    "Acedia"

    [MEDIA] 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...
    Thread by: Dolphin, Sep 5, 2018, 5 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS news
  18. Indigophoton
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    Blog: Hysteria by Different Names: Gender Bias in Patient Care, Gina McGalliard

    The blog includes ME as the example par excellence. “You probably need to be psychiatrically evaluated. Would you be open to that?” My heart...
    Thread by: Indigophoton, Apr 25, 2018, 2 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS news
  19. Andy
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    The Medical Care Blog: The myth of female hysteria and health disparities among women

    Women with lupus, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and even Parkinson’s disease still typically face long periods of misdiagnosis,...
    Thread by: Andy, Mar 25, 2018, 7 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS news
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