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By 1980, the American Psychiatric Association officially removed "hysteria" from its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Medical science acknowledged that what was historically diagnosed as a disease was, in many cases, simply the pathologization of female sexual desire and autonomy.

: The term comes from the Greek word hystera (uterus). Ancient physicians like Hippocrates believed the uterus could "wander" through the body, causing various physical and emotional symptoms. Hegre 23 10 03 Anna L Treatment Of Female Hyste...