The differentiation of hysterical personality from hysterical psychopathy

The simulation of psychosis: a contemporary presentation

“…In Charcot's time, perhaps because of his prestige and interest in these phenomena (Guillain, 1959)' hysterical patients presented with neurological symptoms. The concept of conversion hysteria as a disease entity has aroused controversy (Slater, 1965 ;Walshe, 1965;Forrest, 1967), but at any rate in this clinic hysteria in the guise of neurological disorder is very rare (apart from hysterical fits which seem often to recur in patients who actually have epilepsy). The form of illness (or message) chosen by the patient will be determined by the culture (Szasz, 1962), but in addition the first discourse with the doctor will crystallize out the most acceptable mode (Baht, 1957).…”

“…In other terminology (cf. Forrest, 1967) these patients would be classified as hysterical psychopaths. In this paper we describe 12 patients all presenting with some of the phenomena of schizophrenia.…”

The Validity of the 16 PF in the Discrimination of the Hysteroid and Obsessoid Personality

“…Obsessoid personalities seldom develop hysterical illness ; nor do hysteroid personalities appear to be especially prone to developing 'hysterical ' conversions (Slater, 1943 ;Ljungberg, 1957;Chodoff & Lyons, 1958;Stephens & Kamp, 1962). Indeed, they do not appear very frequently among neurotics in general (Ingham & Robinson, 1964), schizophrenics (Holmboe & Astrup, 1957) or depressives (Astrup et al, 1959), being more frequently found among character disorders (Hojer-Pederson, 1965 ;Forrest, 1967). Their frequency of occurrence apart, the distinguishing traits of the obsessoid and hysteroid personalities are sufficiently distinctive to produce a high reliability among raters recording their presence (Foulds, 1965).…”

Παρατηρησεις Επι Της Εξελιξεως Της Υστερικης Συμπτωματολογιας

“…Παρά τό γεγονός οτν ô W. Reich 40 από του 1933 δέν άμφνβάλλεν δια τήν έπίπτωσιν της Ύστερνκής προσωπνκότητος επί ανδρών, πολλφ μάλλον εφ' δσον παρουσνάζεν ενα ανδρα ώς πρότυπον τοϋ υστερικού χαράκτη ρος, αί έπόμεναι περιγραφαί της Υστερικής προσωπικότητος λαμβάνουν ώς επί το πλείστον υπ' όψιν μόνον γυναίκας 113 , 114 , 115 και ο ϊδιος ό Cameron δηλοΐ οτν ή δνάγνωσνς της 'Υστερίας άφορφ συνηθέστερον εις γυναίκας, εφ' δσον ή 'Υστερική προσωπικότης παρεμφέρει κατ' ουσίαν προς τήν φυσιολογικήν γυναικείαν συμπεριφοράν 116 .…”