Hysteria in childhood
A note on Proctor's incidence figures 27 years later
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9051488 |
|---|---|
| Authors | V R Hensley (The University of Sydney, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 140-142 |
| Publication date | 1985-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9432 • E-ISSN: 1939-0025 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1939-0025.1985.tb03427.x |
| PMID | 3970147 |
| OpenAlex | W2065831119 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
Confirmation of Proctor's 1958 estimate of high incidence of hysterical phenomena among a rural child psychiatric population is provided by recent observations on a small, random sample of children referred for psychological assessment in Australia. Demographic and other similarities between the two groups are discussed, and tentative directions for treatment are noted
Environmental health · Hysteria · Incidence (geometry) · Population · Psychiatry · Rural population · Sociology · Demography · Medicine · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Pain Management and Placebo Effect · Psychology · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments · Pediatrics
| Highly cited | No |
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