Edited by Peter Halligan, School of Psychology, Cardiff University, UK, Christopher Bass, Department of Psychological Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK, and John C. Marshall, Neuropsychology Unit, University Department of Clinical Neurology, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK

Michael A Jones, Professor of Common Law, Faculty of Law, University of Liverpool, PO Box 147, Liverpool L69 3BX
Helen King, Departments of Classics and History, Faculty of Letters and Social Sciences, University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 218, Reading RG6 6AA
Laurence J Kirmayer, Institute of Community and Family Psychiatry, 4333 Côte Ste Catherine Road, Montreal, Quebec H3T 1E4, Canada
Chris Mace, Senior Lecturer in Psychotherapy, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL
Kevin M McConkey, School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, UNSW Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Harold Merskey, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, University of Western Ontario, London Health Sciences Centre, University Campus, London, Ontario N6A 5A5, Canada
David Oakley, Hypnosis Unit, Dept of Psychology, University College London, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT
Ian Palmer, Tri-Service Professor of Defence Psychiatry, Royal Defence Medical College, Fort Blockhouse, Gosport PO12 2AB
Maria Ron, Professor of Neuropsychiatry, University Dept of Clinical Neurology, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG
Radhika Santhanan, Institute of Community and Family Psychiatry, Sir Mortimer B Davis-Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec H3T 1E4, Canada
Peter Shoenberg, Consultant Psychotherapist, Dept of Psychological Medicine, University College Hospital, 4^th Floor Cecil Flemming House, Grafton Way, Gower St, London WC1 6AU
Mauricio Sierra, Clinical Researcher, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, 103 Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF
Sean Spence, Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry, University of Sheffield, Academic Dept of Psychiatry, Northern General Hospital, The Longley Centre, Norwood Grange Drive, Sheffield S5
Alan Sprince, Lecturer in Law, Faculty of Law, University of Liverpool, P O Box 147, Liverpool L69 3BX
Jon Stone, Research Fellow in Neurology, Dept of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XU
Nick Temple, Consultant Psychiatrist in Psychotherapy, Adult Department, Tavistock Clinic, 120 Belsize Lane, London NW3 5BA
Michael R Trimble, Professor of Behavioural Neurology, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG
Derick T Wade, Consultant & Professor in Neurological Disability, Rivermead Rehabilitation Centre, Abingdon Road, Oxford OX1 4XD
Simon Wessely, Professor of Epidemiological & Liaison Psychiatry, GKT Medical School, 103 Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF
Adam Zeman, Consultant Neurologist & Senior Lecturer, Dept of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XU

"This book is a welcome addition to the literature on hysteria and provides a balanced and generally critical review of contemporary theories on classification, epidemiology, aetiology and management... This book can be recommended to all those interested in the bewildering yet fascinating hinterland between neurology and psychiatry." - British Journal of Psychiatry