%0 Journal Article
%T Hysteria and its metamorphoses
%A ¨¢vila
%A Lazslo Ant£¿nio
%A Terra
%A Jo£¿o Ricardo
%J Revista Latinoamericana de Psicopatologia Fundamental
%D 2012
%I Associa??o Universit¨¢ria de Pesquisa em Psicopatologia Fundamental
%R 10.1590/S1415-47142012000100003
%X objective: to investigate the historical evolution of hysteria and its possible psychopathological ramifications in today¡¯s diagnostic classifications. method: clinical and historical problematization contrasting classical and contemporary references on the subject. conclusion: higher incidence of certain conditions and decline in the use of the construct of hysteria should be seen as different moments in a continuum.
%K hysteria
%K somatization
%K conversion disorder
%K somatoform disorder.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1415-47142012000100003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en