What are the treatment methods for hysteria?
Disease description:
Recently, my grandmother has developed hysteria, but I don't know what to do. May I ask, what are the treatment methods for hysteria?
Doctor's answer (1)
Dr. Lv Zhiqin
Hysteria, known as dissociative disorder, several common treatment methods for hysteria:
1. Medication: For patients' emotional problems such as anxiety, depression, antidepressants and anti-anxiety drugs can be used. For severe thought problems, antipsychotic and mood-stabilizing medications may be considered. However, it should be noted that these medications are primarily for adjunctive treatment, aiming to relieve associated symptoms rather than directly curing hysteria.
2. Psychotherapy: Mainly includes suggestion therapy, hypnotherapy, and behavioral therapy. Suggestion therapy guides patients through verbal or behavioral cues to eliminate their anxiety; hypnotherapy uncovers and resolves patients' psychological issues through a hypnotic state; behavioral therapy gradually changes patients' maladaptive behavioral patterns through methods such as systematic desensitization.
3. Physical therapy: Treatments such as acupuncture and electroacupuncture have certain therapeutic effects on patients with hysteria, especially those with functional impairments.
