The word “hysteria” inherently evokes misogyny. Deriving from the Greek word for “uterus,” it was used in ancient Greece as a diagnostic label for...
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...
Link (Paywall): https://doi.org/10.1177/10398562231222809 Abstract Objective The aim is to consider Long COVID not as a new clinical entity but...
Abstract In this article, the authors accentuate the signs and symptoms of conversion disorder and the significance of clinical judgment and...
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...
"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...
New blog post in which Evelien and I analyze Canadian historian Edward Shorter’s view on ME/CFS....
Full title: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Organic Disease or Psychosomatic Illness? A Re-Examination of the Royal Free...
This post and several following have been moved from several different threads. Article by prof Brian Hughes at his blog The Science Bit:...
Jon Stone cross referencing himself again. In 1900, functional neurological disorder, then known as ‘hysteria’, was a key topic of neurological...
David Oliver: Sepsis—what’s behind the “hype”? A letter was published in the Lancet last week, entitled “Sepsis hysteria: excess hype and...
The mystery of screaming schoolgirls in Malaysia 11 August 2019 The mechanisms behind mass hysteria are often poorly understood and it is not...
Abnormally high levels of limbic glutamate may be at the root of unexplained functional motor symptoms (FMS) that previously have been attributed...
Havana Syndrome: U.S. and Canadian diplomats targeted with possible weapon causing brain injury and neurological symptoms CBS News/60 Minutes...
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...
not new but many people do not know about it: http://www.richardwebster.net/hysteriarevisited.html also:...
Pass the snuff and loosen the corsets – they’re back to researching hysteria Professor Andrew Lloyd is the only advisor to the National...
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...
[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...
The blog includes ME as the example par excellence. “You probably need to be psychiatrically evaluated. Would you be open to that?” My heart...
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