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Hysteria and its metamorphosesDOI: 10.1590/S1415-47142012000100003 Keywords: hysteria, somatization, conversion disorder, somatoform disorder. Abstract: 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.
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