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"Hysteria as a neurosis seems to have disappeared altogether from the psychiatric manuals; but there are articles here and there, particularly in the United States and France, which advocate the existence of hysteria as a psychosis. Hysterical psychosis is the clinical combination of a hysterical personality with a seemingly psychotic state. Looking back to nineteenth-century psychiatry, Katrien Libbrecht attempts to answer the question: Is there such a thing as a hysterical psychosis or are we dealing with hysteria exhibiting psychotic features?Hysterical Psychosis is divided into three sections. The first part of the book carries the reader back to the second half of the nineteenth century, the heyday of the study of hysteria on the eve of the discovery of psychonanalysis. The second part of the book discusses the implications of the generalized impact of Bleuler's concept of schizophrenia during the interbellum period. The last section of the book deals with the current reemergence of hysterical psychosis from the 1960s to the 1990s.Libbrecht provides a historical survey of the most important psychiatric and psychoanalytic references on hysterical psychosis, as well as a review of current research on the matter. She sheds new light on reasons for the disappearance of the diagnosis of hysteria rn the 1950s and the emergence of the notion of hysterical psychosis during the 1960s. Hysterical Psychosis is a landmark study that is essential for psychoanalysts, psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, medical practitioners, and historians of psychology."--Provided by publisher.

One of the most neglected areas of the European integration process is the role that trade union confederations may play after the full establishment of the Economic and Monetary Union. The gradual establishment of the four freedoms enshrined in the Single European Act would require a transformation of the present strategies of trade union confederations toward more flexibility and towards the ability to take part in different levels of the European integration process. Iberian Trade Unionism highlights the emerging patterns of cooperation between national, subnational, and supranational actors and the impact on these different levels. Unlike most literature on the study of democratization and Europeanization, Iberian Trade Unionism aims to break the dominant focus on political parties and political institutions by raising awareness of the importance of interest groups such as trade union confederations in contributing to a strengthening of democratic governance. The central thesis is that both Portuguese and Spanish trade unions are becoming increasingly part of a transnational European strategy which shapes the internal organizations toward professionalism and democratization. Part 1, "Gontextualizing Iberian Trade Union Strategies," deals with the operations of both Portuguese and Spanish trade union confederations. Part 2, "The National Systems of Interest Intermediation and Trade Union Confederation Strategies," analyzes the transformation of the national systems of intermediation in the 1990s which were affected by a decline in steering power of Spanish and Portuguese political systems vis-a-vis global and European political and economic processes. Part 3, "Subnational and Transnational Policies of Iberian Trade Union Confederations," deals with policies and strategies. The last chapter treats the integration of Iberian trade union confederations in the institutions of the European Union as well as the ITUCs and is based on original research done in Madrid, Lisbon, and Brussels. This timely look at interest groups and lobbying in the European Union will appeal to scholars studying European integration and the role of interest groups in it, and to students of Spain, Portugal, or southern Europe.

L'hystérie en tant que névrose semble avoir complètement disparu des manuels de psychiatrie. Mais il se trouve certains articles, çà et là, en particulier aux Etats-Unis et en France, pour soutenir l'existence de l'hystérie en tant que psychose, la " psychose hystérique " représentant la combinaison clinique d'une personnalité hystérique et de ce qui paraît être un état délirant. Se reportant à la psychiatrie du XIXe siècle, l'auteur tente de répondre à la question : la psychose hystérique existe-t-elle vraiment ou bien n'aurait-on pas plutôt affaire à une hystérie présentant des traits psychotiques ou délirants ? Les délires de l'hystérique est composé de trois parties. La première ramène le lecteur à la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle, la belle époque de l'étude de l'hystérie, à la veille de la découverte de la psychanalyse. La deuxième examine les effets du choc qu'a représenté, à tous les niveaux, le concept bleulerien de schizophrénie, dans la période de l'entre-deux-guerres. La dernière partie du livre traite de ce qui est couramment admis comme une réémergence de la psychose hystérique entre les années 1960 et 1990. Katrien Libbrecht procède à un examen approfondi des plus importantes références psychiatriques et psychanalytiques relatives aux délires de l'hystérique, ainsi qu'à une recension des recherches actuelles en la matière. Ce faisant, elle jette une lumière nouvelle sur les raisons qui ont fait que le diagnostic d'hystérie a disparu, dans les années 1950, pour laisser la place, au cours de la décennie suivante, à la notion de psychose hystérique.