Epilepsy/Epileptic: A brain disorder that causes recurring, unprovoked seizures
Hysteria: An outdated term that was used to refer to ‘uncontrollable emotional excess’, often referring to temporary states of mind/emotion. It was a blanket term used to refer to a range of issues now treated separately, such as epilepsy
Mental Illness: An illness that affects the mind
Neurology: The study of the structure and disease of the brain and all the nerves in the body
Pathological: A condition caused by disease
Psychiatry/psychiatric: The part of medicine that studies mental illness
Psychological: Relating to the human mind and feelings
Psychopathology: The study of mental diseases
Hippocrates. Photograph after a bust. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
Jean-Martin Charcot demonstrating hysteria in a hypnotised patient at the Salpêtrière. Etching by A. Lurat, 1888, after P.A.A. Brouillet, 1887. Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Psychologists and psychiatrists. Photograph. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark