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HYSTERIE CONVERSION [3 records]

Record 1 2011-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
DEF

A form of conversion hysteria in which a repressed impulse of conflict transforms into a physical manifestation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
CONT

Freud indique différentes possibilités de transformation de l'affect :[...] 1-Celui de la conversion des affects(hystérie de conversion) [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2009-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Mental Disorders
DEF

Episodic mental states, in which a limited but homogeneous group of functions occupies the field of consciousness.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie clinique
  • Troubles mentaux
DEF

Concept traduisant le phénomène de transformation d’un conflit psychique qui se symboliserait dans des symptômes corporels divers.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología clínica
  • Trastornos mentales
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Record 3 1984-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Eye
DEF

the shedding of bloody tears.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oeil
CONT

Le syndrome des larmes de sang est rare en France. Le sang qui colore les larmes en rouge vient des conjonctives palpébrales; la part de la stimulation ou de l'hystérie de conversion dans ce syndrome paraît très forte.

OBS

Équivalence proposée sous toutes réserves. Le terme "chromodacryorrhée" n’a pu être relevé au cours de la recherche.

Spanish

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