Hysteria or epilepsy?

Hysteria or epilepsy?
Epilepsy Behav. 2020 Jun 22;111:107178
Authors: Drouin E, Péréon Y, Hautecoeur P
Abstract
Hysteria and epilepsy have long been compounded by the term "hysteria-epilepsy" among neurologists and phsychiatrists, including Jean Martin Charcot. In a 114 page unpublished manuscript written circa 1815, Jean-Baptiste Louyer Villermay, French physician and student of Philippe Pinel, considered the signs that would differentiate hysteria from epilepsy. This differential diagnosis approach was proposed long before Charcot's lecture in 1868 at Salpêtrière hospital.
PMID: 32585599 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Epilepsy and Behaviour - June 21, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Drouin E, Péréon Y, Hautecoeur P Tags: Epilepsy Behav Source Type: research