On the Rarity of "Irreversible" Oral Dyskinesias Following Phenothiazines

• DOI: 10.1176/ajp.124.8s.48
• Publication Date: 2014-12-17T18:34:11Z
• Authors: NATHAN S. KLINE
• Keywords: Adult; Hospitals, Psychiatric; Attitude of Health Personnel; Depression; Body Weight; Age Factors; Hysteria; Fear; Middle Aged; Personality Assessment; Psychophysiologic Disorders; 3. Good health; Hospitalization; Alcoholism; Educational Status; Humans; Female; Birth Order; Occupations; Aged; Personality

Lack of clarity of definition has contributed to the difficulty in studying the phenomena of hysteria and depression. The authors, by devising a reliable measure for the hysterical personality and by using the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, have attempted to study the frequency and significance of hysterical personality features in hospitalized depressed women.