Briquet's contributions to the description of hysteria have been almost completely forgotten in France. One may wonder how he, as well as contemporary French psychiatrists, would react to the approach...
In a sample of 188 consecutive female psychiatric patients, Briquet's syndrome was found to be associated more closely with the aggregation of both major depression and either panic disorder or agorap...
This paper describes what is known about Briquet's life and character based on obituaries published in medical literature shortly after his death. It reviews his later writings on hysteria and integra...