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Digireads.com Studies in Hysteria by Sigmund Freud Joseph Breuer Translated by A A Brill
As its title would suggest Studies in Hysteria is a compilation of case studies on the treatment of hysteria. Coauthored by Sigmund Freud and Joseph Breuer the work provides to alternative explanations for hysteria. In Breuers analysis the root of hysteria is neurophysiologic while Freud proscribes it to purely psychological causes. Studies in Hysteria is notably for its discussion of Breuers patient Breuers Anna O. whose real name Bertha Pappenheim. Her case is detailed in this work and is acknowledged as the first use of the technique of psychoanalysis as a form of cure. In total discussions on five cases are included in this volume along with supporting theoretical discussions of psychopathology and therapy of hysteria. This classic work on psychoanalysis is a must read for anyone interested in Freud and Breuers pioneering work in the treatment of hysteria.show more