hysterical neurosis
Noun: A psychological condition, now largely historical in clinical use, characterized by physical symptoms that suggest a neurological disorder but lack an identifiable organic cause. These symptoms often include dramatic emotional outbursts, sensory disturbances (like blindness or numbness), and motor function problems (like paralysis or seizures), typically understood as arising from psychological conflict or stress.
This term is used in historical and clinical contexts to describe a category of neurotic disorders. It is important to note that modern diagnostic systems (like the DSM-5 or ICD-11) no longer use this specific classification, having replaced it with more precise diagnoses such as conversion disorder (functional neurological symptom disorder) and somatic symptom disorder.
Examples: * The classic case study described a patient with hysterical neurosis presenting with sudden paralysis of the hand. * In the late 19th century, hysterical neurosis was a common diagnosis for patients, particularly women, exhibiting unexplained physical symptoms. * Freud's early work focused on the treatment of hysterical neurosis through psychoanalysis.
- Historical Diagnosis: The concept is primarily used when discussing the history of psychiatry and psychology. It reflects outdated theories about the mind-body connection, often associated with Freudian psychoanalysis.
- The museum exhibit on medical history featured instruments once used to treat "hysterical neurosis."
- In Literary/Cultural Analysis: The term may appear in critiques of historical texts or films that depict characters with unexplained, psychologically-driven physical ailments.
- The Victorian novel's protagonist suffers from what would have been labeled a classic case of hysterical neurosis.
- Hysteria (n): The broader, older term from which "hysterical neurosis" derives. It originally referred to a supposed disease of the womb ("hystera" in Greek) and later to any state of excessive or uncontrollable emotion.
- Conversion Disorder (n): The modern diagnostic term in the DSM-5 that most closely corresponds to the motor/sensory symptoms historically called "hysterical neurosis." Its full name is Conversion Disorder (Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder).
- Somatic Symptom Disorder (n): A modern diagnosis that encompasses a focus on physical symptoms causing significant distress, which may include aspects of the historical concept.
- Psychogenic (adj): Meaning originating in the mind or from psychological conflict, often used to describe symptoms like those in hysterical neurosis (e.g., psychogenic paralysis).
- Conversion hysteria (an older synonym)
- Dissociative disorder (in some historical contexts, as the conditions were once grouped together)
The term "hysterical neurosis" and its root "hysteria" are considered archaic and potentially pejorative in contemporary clinical practice. Their use today is almost exclusively historical or academic. Using these terms to describe a present-day individual or their symptoms is inappropriate and diagnostically inaccurate.
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neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions
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