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Contemporary Approaches to the Study of Hysteria
Clinical and Theoretical Perspectives
Edited by Peter Halligan, Christopher Bass, and John C. Marshall
368 pages
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2 halftones & 16 line illustrations
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240x168mm
978-0-19-263254-8
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Hardback
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05 April 2001
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Patients with striking physical symptoms suggestive of a neurological disease, but no evidence of nervous system damage are typically labelled as suffering from "hysterical conversion". Despite claims that conversion disorders have disappeared from clinical practice, patients with conversion symptoms continue to present diagnostic conundrums to clinicians. The disorder accounts for 4% of all referrals to neurology services.
This book covers aspects neglected by previous works on this controversial condition, moving away from traditional historico-sociological accounts towards neuroscientific theories about the causes and categorization of hysteria. Recent investigations using functional imaging and hypnosis are covered, as are
the neuropsychological accounts inspired by them, alongside more traditional psychodynamic accounts. A section on medico-legal aspects is innovative and timely. The key causal role of life events is also addressed, along with the influence of military conflict and culture in shaping and modifying clinical presentations, and changes in physical manifestations of hysteria through the centuries.
With contributions from a distinguished international team, representative of all interested specialty groups, this books aims to demonstrate that hysterical conversion remains clinically important, with potential for empirical research in both social and medical sciences, as well as offering a fertile source for advancing
neuroscience. Readership: Neurologists, clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, neuropsychiatrists, therapists, nurses, social workers, medical historians, lawyers and philosophers.
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Edited by Peter Halligan, School of Psychology, Cardiff University, UK, Christopher Bass, Department of Psychological Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK, and John C. Marshall, Neuropsychology Unit, University Department of Clinical Neurology, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK Contributors:
Michael A Jones, Professor of Common Law, Faculty of Law, University of Liverpool, PO Box 147, Liverpool L69 3BX; Helen King, Departments of Classics and History, Faculty of Letters and Social Sciences, University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 218, Reading RG6 6AA; Laurence J Kirmayer, Institute of Community
and Family Psychiatry, 4333 Côte Ste Catherine Road, Montreal, Quebec H3T 1E4, Canada; Chris Mace, Senior Lecturer in Psychotherapy, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL; Kevin M McConkey, School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, UNSW Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia; Harold Merskey, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, University of Western Ontario, London Health Sciences Centre, University Campus, London, Ontario N6A 5A5, Canada; David Oakley, Hypnosis Unit, Dept of Psychology, University College London, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT; Ian Palmer, Tri-Service Professor of Defence Psychiatry, Royal Defence Medical College, Fort Blockhouse, Gosport PO12 2AB; Maria Ron, Professor of Neuropsychiatry, University Dept of Clinical Neurology, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London WC1N
3BG; Radhika Santhanan, Institute of Community and Family Psychiatry, Sir Mortimer B Davis-Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec H3T 1E4, Canada; Peter Shoenberg, Consultant Psychotherapist, Dept of Psychological Medicine, University College Hospital, 4th Floor Cecil Flemming House, Grafton Way, Gower St, London WC1 6AU; Mauricio Sierra, Clinical Researcher, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, 103 Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF; Sean Spence, Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry, University of Sheffield, Academic Dept of Psychiatry, Northern General Hospital, The Longley Centre, Norwood Grange Drive, Sheffield S5; Alan Sprince, Lecturer in Law, Faculty of Law, University of Liverpool, P O Box 147, Liverpool L69 3BX; Jon Stone, Research Fellow in Neurology, Dept of Clinical
Neurosciences, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XU; Nick Temple, Consultant Psychiatrist in Psychotherapy, Adult Department, Tavistock Clinic, 120 Belsize Lane, London NW3 5BA; Michael R Trimble, Professor of Behavioural Neurology, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG; Derick T Wade, Consultant & Professor in Neurological Disability, Rivermead Rehabilitation Centre, Abingdon Road, Oxford OX1 4XD; Simon Wessely, Professor of Epidemiological & Liaison Psychiatry, GKT Medical School, 103 Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF; Adam Zeman, Consultant Neurologist & Senior Lecturer, Dept of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XU
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"This book is a welcome addition to the literature on hysteria and provides a balanced and generally critical review of contemporary theories on classification, epidemiology, aetiology and management... This book can be recommended to all those interested in the bewildering yet fascinating hinterland between neurology and psychiatry." - British Journal of Psychiatry
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Part 1 - History
1: Mace: All in the mind? The history of hysterical conversion as a clinical concept
2: Palmer: War based hysteria - the military perspective
3: King: Recovering hysteria from history: Herodotus and the 'first case of shell shock'
Part 2 - Definition
4: Cloninger: The origins of DSM and ICD criteria for conversion and somatization disorders
5: Wessely: Discrepancies between diagnostic criteria and clinical practice
6: Merskey: Conversion, dissociation or doxomorphic disorder
7: Jones & Sprince: Conversion hysteria: a legal diagnosis
Part 3 - Clinical Presentation
8: Kirmayer & Santhanam: The anthropology of hysteria
9: House & Akagi: The epidemiology of hysterical conversion
10: Trimble: Non-epileptic seizures
11: Zeman & Stone: Hysterical conversion - the view from clinical neurology
12: Bass: Factitious disorders and malingering
Part 4 - Possible Mechanisms
13: Craig: Life events: meanings and precursors
14: Shoenberg: Psychodynamic theories in conversion hysteria
15: Spence: Disorders of willed action
16: Sierra & Berrios: Conversion hysteria: the relevance of attentional awareness
17: McConkey: Hysteria and hypnosis: cognitive and social influences
18: Athwal, Halligan, Marshall, Fink & Frackowiak: Imaging hysterical paralysis
Part 5 - Prognosis and Management
19: Ron: The prognosis of hysteria/somatization disorder
20: Temple: Psychodynamic psychotherapy in the treatment of conversion hysteria
21: Chalder: Cognitive behavioural therapy as a treatment for conversion disorder
22: Oakley: Hypnosis and suggestion in the treatment of hysteria
23: Wade: Rehabilitation for hysterical conversion states: a critical review and conceptual reconstruction
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