Hysteria
Found in 254 Collections and/or Records:
37.2 Male, 35-44 yrs, Hysteria, July 1947
Questionnaires for persons in Area 37. Indexed.
39.8 Male, Married, 35-44 yrs, Hysteria, July 1947
"Seen at OPC - psychogenic asthma. Works at aerodrome. Married happily, no children."
4.25 Female, Separated or divorced, 15-24 yrs, Hysteria, September 1946
"Attended OPC - Hysteria. She calls herself a SRN bu nurse is doubtful of her qualifications. Unsteady work record. Big house, several rooms let, clean, not overcrowded. Well to do. Harmonious. Will not go and live with her husband."
42.7 Female, Married, 35-44 yrs, Dull and backward, Hysteria, November 1946
"This woman is a queer kind of crater, anything but bright, always in a terrible pickle. Nurses think she is a bit simple. Five children. Nurse confirms that she is in an awful state of nerves. Children fairly good, quite nice. Mother not very strong - several stillbirths. Dr confirms - she is a big stout, dull woman, very scared of having another pregnancy, hysterical."
Relatives in survey: Husband 42.6; sister
44.1 Female, Married, 55-64 yrs, Hysteria, April 1945
"Hysterical, a "fizzer", very quick tempered, suffers from stomach. Had a great hysterical outburst recently when she found her husband in a compromising attitude with a hired girl in the barn. She has always been frigid - Dr considers her very neurotic. Married daughter suffers from endocrine disturbance. She is described as "prim, randy and a flirt" by Dr. She has had a therapeutic sterilisation, also frigid. Family life moderately harmonious, with occasional outbursts."
44.9 Female, Married, 35-44 yrs, Dull and backward, Hysteria, July 1945
"This woman is hysterical, probably dull and backward, "a simple body, who tries to do her best". Over protects her children."
Relatives in survey: husband 44.8, children 44.10, 44.11
45.4 Female, Separated or divorced, 55-64 yrs, Hysteria, September 1946
"This woman is quite mad, married but only stayed with her husband two nights. He is abroad - divorced her lately. She has had many jobs but never stays long in them - is at present a housekeeper. An excitable, silly woman, goes to all the dances and pursues the young men. Dr - very neurotic, used to pester the life out of him. Hysterical. Better since she got Bemax."
Relatives in survey: sister's children 45.25, 45.26
5.21 Female, Separated or divorced, 55-64 yrs, Hysteria, September 1946
Occupations: Housewife. Husband is alive, independent. Private patient. DIAGNOSIS: Reactive depression in a hysterical personality. Left her husband ten years ago when he had become very cruel to her and her youngest daughter. Has since lived with youngest daughter and son-in-law.
5.28 Male, Married, 45-54 yrs, Hysteria, May 1946
This man, a ploughman, suffers from headaches and is hypochondriacal. Very decent.
Relatives in survey: Son 5.27
6.53 Female, Married, 35-44yrs, Hysteria, May 1947
"Seen at OPC and admitted. Diagnosis Hysteria. Married 7 weeks before admission, c/o dyspareunia, behaviour otherwise hysterical. Small cottage, clean, not overcrowded."