NEUROSE - CAUSES AND MECHANISMS OF DEVELOPMENT, SYMPTOMS, TREATMENT, PREVENTION

Neurosis, psychoneurosis, neurotic disorder, neurosis disease (new Latin neurosis from ancient Greek. neuron "nerve") is a complex of long-lasting functional psychogenic disorders. The clinical picture of such disorders is characterized by asthenic, fixed thoughts or hysterical symptoms, as well as a temporary decrease in mental and physical work capacity. In all cases, psychogenic factors are conflicts (internal or external), the impact of situations that cause psychological trauma, stress or over a long period of time is the strain of the emotional and mental sphere of the psyche.

The term "neurosis" is not currently used by the professional psychiatric community in the United States. Starting with the third edition of the American Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in 1980, the "neuroses" section was abolished. For example, dysthymic disorder instead of depressive neurosis, obsessive-compulsive disorder instead of obsessive-compulsive neurosis, and hypochondria instead of hypochondriac neurosis.