IN the past, some schools have been hit by mass hysteria especially towards examinations. <br>Medical experts say hysteria is a medical condition referred to as a conversion disorder which manifests ...

Made famous in the 19th century by doctors like Jean-Martin Charcot and Sigmund Freud, hysteria was a fairly common diagnosis in that era. Symptoms included sudden seizures, partial paralysis, and ...

THE TERM hysteria, when used in a medical sense, is now seen as a misogynistic anachronism. But this wasn’t always the case; female hysteria was a routine diagnosis for many years in Western Europe ...

One of the most arresting features of Asti Hustvedt's Medical Muses is its photographs. Taken in the psychiatric ward of the Salpetriere Hospital during the regime of neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot, ...

a hysterical outburst' is a term sometimes used to describe someone who suddenly screams and gets angry, or who explodes with anger over something trivial. Hysteria is a slightly old term in ...

The Hollinwell incident is one of the biggest ever unexplained mysteries in the Midlands. But was it a case of mass hysteria or something more sinister? The Hollinwell Incident remains one of the ...

Regarding the article “HIV-positive player ousted from Kissimmee rec basketball game” in Wednesday’s Sentinel: In 1984, HIV was identified as the causative virus for AIDS; that same year the first ...

Empty shelves were seen in supermarkets across the UK in March 2020, as fear of COVID-19 led to panic buying We all recognise hysteria – the display of over-the-top emotions – when we see it. In fact, ...