Hysteria
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PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: In the Next Room or the vibrator play Mrs. Givings' Misgivings...from the old-fashioned manual manner of achieving the big O to electronic contraptions as a way of relieving pent-up repressions and hysteria in patients (mostly, but not exclusively, women). Here, as practiced in upstate Saratoga Springs of... In this article: Sarah Ruhl, Michael Cerveris, Hysteria, Laura Benanti, Mary-Louise Parker, and Broadway |
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washingtonpost.com | 1 day ago
Highlights of A A Oprah Winfrey Show'
...show's 19th-season premiere got a big surprise. Originally told that only one gift box would have keys to a new vehicle, Winfrey caused hysteria when she screamed: "Everyone gets a car!" Price tag for all the new Pontiac G6's? More than $7...
In this article: Oprah Winfrey, James Frey, David Letterman, Cancer, Pontiac G6, Pontiac, A Million Little Pieces, The Deep End of the Ocean, and Jacquelyn Mitchard
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U.S. News & World Report | 2 days ago
Ground Beef Hysteria Is Overblown
...has been an object of fear for much longer, from notorious deaths from e. coli at Jack in the Box in the 90's to mad cow disease hysteria. Now, Atlantic food blogger Marion Nestle declares in a stark headline that "ground beef is dangerous"...
In this article: Peanut butter, Rash, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Jack in the Box, and Centers for Disease Control
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Independent.co.uk - Film & TV | 6 days ago
Heart-throbs! Hollywood's leading leading men
...this week at the premiere of New Moon - the second-screen instalment of Stephenie Meyer's four-book vampire saga - caused mass hysteria among British fans young and old, is joining an exclusive Hollywood club of leading men believed...
In this article: Robert Pattinson, Chace Crawford, Hollywood, Jacob Black, Twilight, Emile Hirsch, Nicholas Hoult, Taylor Lautner, and Shia LaBeouf
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | November 13, 2009
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Telegraph.co.uk - UK news | November 12, 2009
Maclaren buggies: are parents overreacting
...the company be blamed? We don't blame car manufacturers when children's fingers are caught in car doors. Is it yet another case of hysteria, whipped up by pressure groups - and, yes, the press - which will only serve to exacerbate the culture...
In this article: Britain
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washingtonpost.com | November 12, 2009
Post Politics: Lieberman, judicial nominees, more
...she is very popular with her base. You cant ignore someone who's presale book numbers broke records. I do think the "death panel" hysteria has been put to rest- regardless of what sarah palin is saying. "The administration has been...
In this article: Barack Obama, GOP, AARP, Sarah Palin, Washington, D.C., New Jersey, and Afghanistan
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Daily Mail | November 12, 2009
Twilight cast cause hysteria as fans hope to catch glimpse of lovers Kirsten Stewart and Robert Pattinson
...queued in freezing conditions to meet Pattinson and his co-star Kristen Stewart, 19, who were hosting a question and answer session. Hysteria: Robert signs autographs for screaming fans in London at an event to promote Twilight sequel New...
In this article: Robert Pattinson, Twilight, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, New Moon, London, Twilight series, Kirsten Stewart, and Jacob Black
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Jezebel | November 09, 2009
Short Skirt Sparks Mass Hysteria At Brazilian University [Short Skirt Riot]
...the outside, the whole situation does seem absurd, and not in any sort of amusing way. Reuters quotes an online commenter who says the hysteria over a mere miniskirt was "pure hypocrisy ... Once February and the Carnival comes round...
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Boing Boing | October 30, 2009
Podcast about the Mad Gasser and mass hysteria
...was terrorized by a creepy black-clad prowler who sprayed anesthetic gas in his victims' faces. Or maybe it was all a case of mass hysteria based mostly on myth. The new episode of the excellent Memory Palace podcast features the...
In this article: Boing Boing, Trademark, Creative Commons License, and Gas Gas
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Stuff | October 21, 2009
'Swine flu hysteria' death under review
...cleared to go home The Health and Disability Commission is looking into the case of a Christchurch man who died during "swine flu hysteria". Minh Tran, 44, died on Wednesday, July 22, within minutes of being rushed to Christchurch...
In this article: Christchurch and Cellulitis
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Hysteria, in its colloquial use, describes a state of mind, one of unmanageable fear or emotional excesses. The fear is often caused by multiple events in one's past that involved some sort of severe conflict; the fear can be centered on a body part or most commonly on an imagined problem with that body part (disease is a common complaint). See also Body dysmorphic disorder and Hypochondriasis. People who are "hysterical" often lose self-control due to the overwhelming fear.
Psychiatrists and other physicians have in theory given up the use of "hysteria", replacing it with more euphemistic terms that are essentially synonyms. These include "psychosomatic", "functional", "nonorganic", "psychogenic", and "medically unexplained". In 1980 the American Psychiatric Association officially changed the diagnosis of "hysterical neurosis, conversion type" to "conversion disorder". Hysteria also has significant overlap with the diagnostic term "somatization disorder" and with somatoform disorders in general.
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