The Major Symptoms of Hysteria


Read by Peter Tucker

(5 stars; 2 reviews)

In this series of lectures delivered in English by the author while visiting the USA, Janet summarises the (at the time) cutting edge perspective on the various forms of hysteria. The syndromes include generalised amnesic states and conversion disorders, and show Janet's highly influential views regarding the fundamental role of dissociation. The lectures provide an insight into the development of this area of psychiatry out of the neurological field of the nineteenth century, with Janet dropping some famous names from the history of medicine. ( Peter Tucker)

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Prefatory note 1:46 Read by Peter Tucker
Lecture 1: The Problem of Hysteria 32:33 Read by Peter Tucker
Lecture 2: Monoideic Somnambulisms 32:26 Read by Peter Tucker
Lecture 3: Fugues and Polyideic Somnambulisms 33:41 Read by Peter Tucker
Lecture 4: Double Personalities 35:55 Read by Peter Tucker
Lecture 5: Convulsive Attacks, Fits of Sleep, Artificial Somnambulisms 34:54 Read by Peter Tucker
Lecture 6: Motor Agitations - Contractures 30:39 Read by Peter Tucker
Lecture 7: Paralyses - Diagnosis 30:22 Read by Peter Tucker
Lecture 8: The Psychological Conception of Paralyses and Anesthesias 34:50 Read by Peter Tucker
Lecture 9: The Troubles of Vision 34:58 Read by Peter Tucker
Lecture 10: The Troubles of Speech 28:22 Read by Peter Tucker
Lecture 11: The Disturbances of Alimentation 27:48 Read by Peter Tucker
Lecture 12: The Tics of Respiration and Alimentation 33:31 Read by Peter Tucker
Lecture 13: The Hysterical Stigmata - Suggestibility 34:44 Read by Peter Tucker
Lecture 14: The Hysterical Stigmata - the Retraction of the Field of Consciousness - the Common Stigmata 32:55 Read by Peter Tucker
Lecture 15: General Definitions 32:07 Read by Peter Tucker

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(5 stars)

an amazing insight into the erudition of Pierre Janet