Rachael Dodd has functional neurological disorder, a modern “hysteria” at the centre of a medical misogyny Venn diagram.

The catch-all term "hysteria" was used by physicians ... was removed from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) in 1980, it still casts a heavy shadow over current ...

dissociative motor disorder, and hysteria have been used in the past. One potential pitfall of the term “functional” is that it can be misinterpreted by the patient to perceive themselves as ...

Several students at St Theresa Eregi Girls presented with joint pain and fatigue, requiring hospitalisation. Their suffering gained widespread attention, drawing the concern of Kenyans who ...

all centring around the experience of hysteria." Katerina says she was experiencing what is now categorised as functional neurological disorder or non-epileptic seizures. "I experienced body ...

Charcot took an interest in the malady then called hysteria. It seemed to be a mental disorder with physical manifestations, of immediate interest to a neurologist. He believed that hysteria was ...

Charcot took an interest in the malady then called hysteria. It seemed to be a mental disorder with physical manifestations, of immediate interest to a neurologist. He believed that hysteria was ...