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Hysterical Manifestations in Africa and Europe

A Comparative Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Roland A. Pierloot  and
Malanda Ngoma
Roland A. Pierloot*
Affiliation:
University of Leuven; University Psychiatric Centre 'St Jozef’, Kortenberg, Belgium
Malanda Ngoma
Affiliation:
Neuro psychopathological Centre, University of Kinshasa, Zaire
*
University Psychiatric Centre 'St Jozef’, Leuvensesteenwg 517, 3070 Kortenberg, Belgium
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Abstract

A group of 30 black African patients and a group of 30 occidental patients, all presenting a hysterical structure, were compared with regard to clinical manifestations, provoking psychosocial stressors and histrionic personality traits. Cultural characteristics in several areas are discussed as possible explanations of the differences found.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 152 , Issue 1 , January 1988 , pp. 112 - 115
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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