Psychiatry expert Dr Fred Ovsiew,
professor of clinical psychiatry and behavioral sciences in the Feinberg School
of Medicine, Chicago’s Northwestern University, says the idea that head injury may cause hysteria is gaining credence in modern medicine.
Delivering the 30th TS Srinivasan Endowment Oration on
‘Hysteria! The Road Less Travelled Between The Brain And Mind,’ Dr
Ovsiew quoted a report in The New York Times about how an autopsy done on a
retired ice hockey player showed brain damage.
He said, “The report quotes the subject’s son as saying that his father exhibited symptoms of hysteria after retiring from the game. The report of the physician said his was not a psychiatric disorder or a post-career adjustment issue, and that he had been struggling with a disease that had been short-circuiting his nerve connections inside the brain.” Dr. Ovsiew said this could be considered a link between the brain and the mind.
For more, see thetimesofindia.
He said, “The report quotes the subject’s son as saying that his father exhibited symptoms of hysteria after retiring from the game. The report of the physician said his was not a psychiatric disorder or a post-career adjustment issue, and that he had been struggling with a disease that had been short-circuiting his nerve connections inside the brain.” Dr. Ovsiew said this could be considered a link between the brain and the mind.
For more, see thetimesofindia.
