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   Psy·cho·neu·ro·sis

   /ˌsīkōˌno͞oˈrōsəs/

   

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   • 1. another term for neurosis

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   • 1. psychoneurotic adjective

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   What is neurosis & psychoneurosis?

   • Neurosis, also known as psychoneurosis or psychoneuroses in the plural, is a mental illness that causes suffering and functional impairment to the patient. Anxiety, depression, or other feelings of misery or suffering that are out of proportion to the circumstances of a person’s life are a few common symptoms of neuroses.

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   What are psychoneurotic disorders?

   • Grouped as Psychoneurotic Disorders are those disturbances in which "anxiety" is a chief characteristic, directly felt and expressed, or automatically controlled by such defenses as depression, conversion, dissociation, displacement, phobia formation, or repetitive thoughts and acts.

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   Who coined the term psychoneurosis?

   • The term psychoneurosis was coined by Scottish psychiatrist Thomas Clouston for his 1883 book Clinical Lectures on Mental Diseases. He describes a condition that covers what is today considered the schizophrenia and autism spectrums (a combination of symptoms that would soon become better known as dementia praecox ).

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3. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › psychoneurosisPsychoneurosis - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   Definitions of psychoneurosis. noun. a mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction. synonyms: neurosis, neuroticism. see more.

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   Neurosis (pl.: neuroses) is a term mainly used today by followers of Freudian thinking to describe mental disorders caused by past anxiety, often that has been repressed. In recent history, the term has been used to refer to anxiety-related conditions more generally.

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   Quick Reference. Another name for a neurosis. In psychoanalysis, it is any neurosis that is not an actual neurosis, and it is also called a neuropsychosis. It includes narcissistic neuroses and transference neuroses. [From Greek psyche mind + neuron a nerve + -osis indicating a process or state]

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   Mar 17, 2022 · Neurosis, also known as psychoneurosis or psychoneuroses, is a mental illness that causes suffering and functional impairment to the patient.

7. www.nature.com › articles › s41599/017/0025-0Psychoneurosis beyond Oedipus: neurophysiology, drive ...

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   Nov 7, 2017 · Was adrenalin primary or was Max’s Oedipal conflict? Could a truly psychogenic psychoneurosis be triggered by drive-evoked adrenalin?

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   What does the noun psychoneurosis mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun psychoneurosis . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

9. www.collinsdictionary.com › english › psychoneurosisPSYCHONEUROSIS definition in American English | Collins ...

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   psychoneurosis in American English. (ˌsaikounuˈrousɪs, -nju-) noun Word forms: plural -ses (-siz) neurosis (sense 1) Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Word origin.