Psychological Effects Of Hysteria

Hysteria is a serious personality disorder that manifests in patients as odd, random behaviors, not only psychologically, but physically as well. There is no known cure however symptoms can be managed through different treatments on a case by case basis. There are many different affects of hysteria, many of which are Psychological Symptoms. Eysenck’s challenge to psychotherapy: a view of the effects 50 years on. written by Russell Meares, Janine Stevenson, Roberto D’Angelo, assess the affects of hysteria. It mentions Carl Jung’s views and his opinion of mental illnesses; Jung states non-psychotic illnesses fell essentially into two main groups, one of those being the hysteria syndrome, (i.e. certain personality disorders, conversion and dissociative

McHugh mentions in his paper, Hysteria in Four Facts, that hysteria is a loosely used term that describes states of being emotional, mildly dramatic, or out of control. When psychiatrists use the term they mean to identify something more specific, like a perverse human behavior in which individuals act in ways that imitate actual physical or psychological disorders. It is clear that Paul McHugh sees hysteria as a disorder, primarily psychological, that affects a persons behavior and

The physical impacts can have a large range on a person, like temporary deafness, blindness, paralysis, seizures, etc. There are also psychological effects it has on people like increasing anger, sexual drive, hallucinations, personality disorders, etc. There is no definitive cause for hysteria, but after reviewing different articles it seems hysteria occurs during stressful times in a persons life, so the mind uses different techniques to help the brain escape this stress by diverting the attention to something else, like a sexual drive, paralysis, rapid changing emotions, etc. While the symptoms are strong, and the disorder is well known there is still no absolute cure for hysteria; different methods like treating it psychologically through therapy and psychoanalysis or even, less conventional ways like orgasm to release hormones have been tried but are only successfulness by case. Hysteria is a interesting and extensive disorder that has many different affects on a person and changes them mentally and physically, however successful treatments are short and few on rare