Studies on Hysteria by Sigmund Freud

The book explores the concept of hysteria, a psychological disorder characterized by excessive emotions and irrational behaviors. It presents case studies of several patients, including Anna O., who suffered from hysteria and was treated by Josef Breuer using the "talking cure." The book introduces Freud's psychoanalytic theory, which emphasizes the role of unconscious thoughts and childhood experiences in shaping behavior.

By Sigmund Freud · First published 1895 · Genre: Psychology, Medical, Psychoanalysis · 30 chapters

Contents

• The Psychic Mechanism of Hysterical Phenomena
• The Psychotherapy of Hysteria
• The Defense Neuropsychoses
• On the Right to Separate from Neurasthenia a Definite Symptom-complex as "Anxiety Neurosis" (Angstneurose.)
• Further Observations on the Defense-Neuropsychoses
• CHAPTER I
• Hysterical Fancies and Their Relations to Bisexuality
• Concerning "Wild" Psychoanalysis
• The Future Chances of Psychoanalytic Therapy
• The Case of Miss Lucy R
• The Case of Miss Elisabeth V. R
• CHAPTER I
• CHAPTER I
• Clinical Symptomatology of Anxiety Neurosis
• The "Specific" Etiology of Hysteria
• On Psychotherapy
• My Views on the Role of Sexuality in the Etiology of the Neuroses
• CHAPTER II
• CHAPTER II
• CHAPTER II
• The Occurrence and Etiology of Anxiety Neurosis
• The Essence and Mechanism of Compulsion Neurosis
• CHAPTER III
• CHAPTER III
• CHAPTER III
• Addenda to the Theory of Anxiety Neurosis
• Analysis of a Case of Chronic Paranoia
• CHAPTER IV
• The Relations to Other Neuroses
• CHAPTER V

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• Reflections on War and Death (1918)
• Dream Psychology: Psychoanalysis for Beginners (1921)
• THE PSYCHOPATHOLOGY OF EVERYDAY LIFE (1927)
• A Young Girl's Diary (1914)
• Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality (1905)
• Jokes and their Relation to the Unconscious (1905)
• Five Lectures on Psycho-Analysis (1910)
• On the History of the Psycho-Analytic Movement (1914)
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