Examples of hysteria in the following topics:
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- Much of Freud's theory was based on his investigations of patients suffering from "hysteria" and neurosis.
- Hysteria was an ancient diagnosis that was primarily used for women with a wide variety of symptoms, including physical symptoms and emotional disturbances with no apparent physical cause.
- s "hysteria," which Freud implied was a result of the resentment she felt over her father's real and physical illness that later led to his death.
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- The diagnosis of somatic symptom disorders is historically rooted in the late 18th century diagnosis of "hysteria," which is now considered obsolete.
- In 1980 the American Psychiatric Association replaced the diagnosis of hysteria in the DSM with more precisely defined conditions and symptoms, such as somatization disorder.
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- Responses are scored to produce a clinical profile composed of 10 scales: hypochondriasis, depression, hysteria, psychopathic deviance (social deviance), masculinity versus femininity, paranoia, psychasthenia (obsessive/compulsive qualities), schizophrenia, hypomania, and social introversion.