Neurosis
Neurosis is a term used in Freudian psychology. According to the American Heritage Medical Dictionary of 2007, the term is "no longer used in psychiatric diagnosis".
The disorders once classified as neuroses are now considered anxiety disorders.[1] However, these changes are still controversial.[2]
Neurosis may involve:
- "...anxiety, sadness or depression, anger, irritability, mental confusion, low sense of self-worth, etc., behavioral symptoms such as phobic avoidance, vigilance, impulsive and compulsive acts, lethargy, etc., cognitive problems such as unpleasant or disturbing thoughts, repetition of thoughts and obsession, habitual fantasizing, negativity and cynicism, etc. Interpersonally, neurosis involves dependency, aggressiveness, perfectionism, schizoid isolation, socio-culturally inappropriate behaviors, etc".[3]
Neurosis has also been defined simply as a "poor ability to adapt to one's environment, an inability to change one's life patterns, and the inability to develop a richer, more complex, more satisfying personality."[3]
Neurosis Media
- William Cullen.jpg
William Cullen coined the term neurosis.
- Josef Breuer, 1897.jpg
Josef Breuer discovered the psychoanalytic technique of treating neurosis, and mentored Freud.
- Charcot Jean-Martin Gallica Nadar.jpg
Jean-Martin Charcot believed some hysteria was caused by trauma, and mentored Freud.
- Sigmund Freud LIFE.jpg
Sigmund Freud established psychoanalysis as the dominant treatment for many mental conditions.
- Поль-Шарль Дюбуа (Paul-Charles Dubois).jpg
Paul Charles Dubois developed "rational psychotherapy", an early form of cognitive behavioural therapy.
- Portrait Hans Selye.jpg
Hans Seyle devised the general adaptation syndrome to describe stress.
- Karen Horney 1938.jpg
Karen Horney developed the psychoanalytic understanding of neurosis through a series of books and by establishing a journal.
- Liber Brunensis 1942, Aaron T. Beck.jpg
Aaron Beck advanced cognitive behavioral therapy, and developed a cognitive theory of depression.
- Transactional Model of Stress and Coping - Richard Lazarus.svg
Transactional Model of Stress and Coping of Richard Lazarus and Susan Folkman.
- CGJung.jpg
Carl Jung developed psychoanalytic theories of neurosis.
References
- ↑ Brink T.L. 2008. Psychology: a student friendly approach. Unit 11: Clinical Psychology, p246 [1]
- ↑ Wilson, Mitchell 1993. DSM-III and the transformation of American psychiatry: a history. The American Journal of Psychiatry 150 399-410.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Boeree, C. George (2002). "A bio-social theory of neurosis". Retrieved 2009-04-21.
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