Literature DB >> 3981160

Family hysteria in a Kenyan setting.

E A Muluka, M Dhadphale, J M Mwita.   

Abstract

A case study of hysterical fits affecting five children in the same family in rural Kenya is presented. The only girl in the study was the last to succumb, probably reflecting her modeling upon her mother. The psychopathology of the family is discussed. Conjoint family therapy led to rapid and dramatic recovery.

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Year:  1985        PMID: 3981160     DOI: 10.1097/00005053-198504000-00008

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Nerv Ment Dis        ISSN: 0022-3018            Impact factor:   2.254


  2 in total

1.  Ethnocentricity and the social construction of 'mass hysteria'.

Authors:  R E Bartholomew
Journal:  Cult Med Psychiatry       Date:  1990-12

2.  Chronic mass psychogenic illness among women in Derashe Woreda, Segen Area People Zone, southern Ethiopia: a community based cross-sectional study.

Authors:  Moges Ayehu; Misganu Endriyas; Emebet Mekonnen; Mekonen Shiferaw; Tebeje Misganaw
Journal:  Int J Ment Health Syst       Date:  2018-06-07
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