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Hysteria: Understanding the complex condition

Hysteria: Understanding the complex condition
Hysteria: Understanding the complex condition (Photo: iStock)

Back in high school it was a commonly talked about condition with its probable causes discussed in hushed tones.

During our early years of clinical practice, a shift wouldn't end without a case of a seemingly semiconscious patient mostly females, brought around by their panicky teachers or relatives.

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