Hysteria

The classical outbreak involves a small group of segregated young females it appears, spreads and subsides rapidly, occasionally re- 

It is manifested by anxious and conversion reactions, sanctioned by the affected group. It is brought about by the activation of latent conflicts relevant to the formation, task and maintenance of the group. 

Diverse symptoms with few objective findings Absence of usual symptoms produced by putative toxin Transmission of symptoms not consistent with ventilation flow Benign morbidity 

Recurrence when affected group congregates Transmission of illness by sight, sound, or both 

Epidemic curve indicating person-to-person rather than common-source transmission 

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This would affect every business that was linked to a computer juid the commotion and hysteria tliat surrounded the Y2K bug were due to the present age s dependence on computers. For c.xamplc, it was feared that the go eminent s computer system would print social security checks with amounts seen in the year 1900 and that banks would calculate dividends based on interest rates from the year 1900. The problems could have been catastrophic. Fortunately, tlie response to the "potential Y2K disaster was effective in that most corrections or patches were made before the year 2000. However, these corrections were costly and required large amounts of money to be spent." ... 

In China, the seeds are eaten to promote digestion and treat cough and bronchitis. In Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, a decoction of the plant is used to treat mental disorders such as hysteria and forgetfulness. In Taiwan, the plant is used to treat athlete s foot and other skin diseases. 

In China, the rhizome is used as a deodorant, carminative, and stimulant. A decoction is used in various skin affections and in the bath to give fragrance to the body. In India, the rhizome is used to treat depression, hysteria, epilepsy, convulsions, headache, colic, and as a tonic and carminative. 

Landy, D. (1985). Pibloktoq [hysteria] and Inuit nutrition Possible implication of hypervitaminosis A. Social Science and Medicine, 21, 173-185. 

Bartholomew, R.E. and Goode, E. 2000. Mass delusions and hysterias, highlights from the past millennium. Skeptical Inquirer, Vol. 24, Number 3, May/June 2000, http //www.csicop.org/si/ 2000-05/delusions.html. 

In addition to the above behavioral and performance tests, there are a number of well-known tests of personality that may provide useful information in select clinical studies. The most well known of these tests is the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). This test consists of 550 affirmative statements to which a true or false response is given and requires about one hour to complete. It is given to adults over the age of 16 and is scored for ten scales depression, hysteria, hypochondriasis, psychopathic deviate, masculinity-femininity, paranoia, hypomania, schizophrenia, psychasthenia, and social introversion. 

It is by the thought-building quality of consciousness that humans formulate and perceive their own unique world. Each perception of the universe is ultimately subjective. Although consensual reality is a strong determinant, there is also an element of mass hysteria in our reactions to experience, as well as an element of mass hypnosis in our perceptions. We, and the worlds we construct, are the stuff of dreams, as Shakespeare put it. We mold this stuff of dreams using our mental... 

The panic settled down, however. The ladies went back to work. Mass hysteria, the pundits said. A bunch of women reacting blindly because their leader got upset by something. 

As the revolutionary armies swept closer, Cardinal Doria grew tired. The tone of his letters oscillated between hysteria and hopelessness at the litany of petty problems that San Leo managed to generate. Whether his comprehensive plan for the rational management of the prison ever received papal approval remains unclear it hadn t by the end of 1792 because, he observed... 

There is no specific treatment for ingestion of ibotenic acid or muscimol rather, treatment is symptomatic and supportive. Anxiety, hysteria, or convulsions can be treated with sedatives, such as diazepam. This should be done cautiously, however, and with the lowest effective dose because animal studies revealed that respiratory arrest may occur. In severe cases, with prolonged nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea, monitoring of fluid and electrolyte status may be required. Recent cases of muscarine poisonings were reported by Benjamin (1992), and Tupalska-Wilczynska et al. (1997). 

Psychiatric Behavior problems hysteria psychosis suicidal tendencies. Respiratory Nasal congestion respiratory disturbances. 

Lucas, Robert A. Hunting Rhinos. National Review, vol. 47, May 1, 1995, pp. 70ff. Suggests that public hysteria over armor-piercing cop-killer bullets such as the Black Rhino is misplaced. Tests reveal the bullets are not nearly as effective as advertised. The issue reveals sloppy thinking and garbled facts in Congress and the media. 

TRADITIONAL MEDICINAL USES Afghanistan. Hot water extract of the dried gum is taken orally for hysteria and whooping cough and to treat ulcers . 

Hysteria. A diagnostic term, referrable to a wide variety of psychogenic symptoms that may be mental, sensory, motor, or visceral. Idiopathy. A morbid state of spontaneous origin one neither sympathetic nor traumatic. 

In the 1500s, the term hysteria was used to describe anxietylike afflictions. One of the first English accounts of hysteria was written by the physician Edward Jorden in 1603. Jorden believed that the women who were accused of witchcraft were actually afflicted with what he called hysterical illness. He was often called as an expert witness for the defense in witchcraft trials, but was not always persuasive. 

In the late 1600s, Thomas Willis coined the term neurology and suggested that hysteria was a disorder of the nerves and brain. Willis was an important figure in establishing the biological bases for psychological disturbances. 

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