The Multifactorial Model of Disease Transmission: III. Familial Relationship Between Sociopathy and Hysteria (Briquet's Syndrome)

Hysteria (Briquet's Syndrome) and sociopathy cluster in the same families instead of segregating as independent traits. Assortative mating between hysterics and sociopaths increases the observed similarity between relatives, but the familial association between sociopathy and hysteria remains a...

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Published in:British journal of psychiatry 1975-07, Vol.127 (1), p.23-32
Main Authors: Cloninger, C. Robert, Reich, Theodore, Guze, Samuel B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Antisocial Personality Disorder - epidemiology
Antisocial Personality Disorder - etiology
Antisocial Personality Disorder - genetics
Environment
Female
Genotype
Humans
Hysteria - epidemiology
Hysteria - etiology
Hysteria - genetics
Male
Middle Aged
Models, Psychological
Population
Sex Factors
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Summary:Hysteria (Briquet's Syndrome) and sociopathy cluster in the same families instead of segregating as independent traits. Assortative mating between hysterics and sociopaths increases the observed similarity between relatives, but the familial association between sociopathy and hysteria remains after taking assortative mating into account. The Multifactorial Model of Disease Transmission with three thresholds related to severity and sex accounts for population and family data about sociopathic men, sociopathic women, and women with hysteria. The data were obtained for 227 first-degree relatives and for 800 subjects in the general population. Depending on the sex of the individual and its severity, the same aetiological process may lead to different, sometimes overlapping, clinical pictures. Specifically, analysis indicates that hysteria in women is a more prevalent and less deviant manifestation of the same process that causes sociopathy in women.
ISSN:0007-1250
1472-1465
DOI:10.1192/bjp.127.1.23