Spiegel D, Fink R
Am J Psychiatry. 1979 Jun;136(6):777-81. doi: 10.1176/ajp.136.6.777.
The very existence of hysterical psychosis as a diagnostic entity has been questioned as part of the general difficulty in defining both hysteria and psychosis. However, several recent investigations have documented a syndrome that usually involves brief and intense periods of psychotic behavior, generally with graphic decompensation, severe environmental stress, and rapid recompensation, in individuals with other hysterical features. The authors assert that such a syndrome does exist as a clinical entity and that the differential diagnosis can be facilitated by using a standardized measure of hypnotic trance capacity. They hypothesize that patients with hysterical psychosis are highly hypnotizable, while those who are schizophrenic and psychotic have low hypnotizability. The authors review the literature and present two case examples.
癔症性精神病作为一种诊断实体的存在本身就受到了质疑，这是定义癔症和精神病时普遍存在的困难的一部分。然而，最近的几项调查记录了一种综合征，该综合征通常涉及具有其他癔症特征的个体出现短暂而强烈的精神病行为，一般伴有明显的失代偿、严重的环境压力和快速的代偿。作者断言，这种综合征作为一种临床实体确实存在，并且使用标准化的催眠恍惚能力测量方法有助于进行鉴别诊断。他们推测，癔症性精神病患者具有高度可催眠性，而精神分裂症和精神病患者的可催眠性较低。作者回顾了文献并给出了两个病例示例。
