A disorder whose predominant feature is a loss or alteration in physical functioning that suggests a physical disorder but that is actually a direct expression of a psychological conflict or need.
    

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The town that caught Tourette's.

Account of the epidemic religious monomania in Sweden in the years 1841 and 1842 / by the editor.

Let there be light : psychiatry in WWII.

Hysteria and related mental disorders : an approach to psychological medicine / by D. Wilfred Abse.

De la déviation faciale dans l'hémiplégie hystérique / par E. Brissaud et P. Marie.

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The town that caught Tourette's.

Account of the epidemic religious monomania in Sweden in the years 1841 and 1842 / by the editor.

Let there be light : psychiatry in WWII.

Hysteria and related mental disorders : an approach to psychological medicine / by D. Wilfred Abse.

De la déviation faciale dans l'hémiplégie hystérique / par E. Brissaud et P. Marie.