Pharyngolaryngeal Neurosis and its Therapy

Obsessive-compulsive Neurosis following Isoniazid Therapy

Apart from the illness per se, the antiTB drugs are also known to cause wide ranging psychiatric disorders. Isoniazid, ethionamide and cycloserine are known to cause psychiatric side-effects (Paterson, 1980). Psychotic reactions were frequently reported and were attributed commonly to isonizaid (Pleasure, H, 1954; Wiedorn and Erwin 1954). The psychotic manifestations were those of depressive, m...

Viruses, neurosis and fatigue.

The evidence for viral infections as a cause of anxiety, depression and fatigue is reviewed. It is argued that in order to fully understand any proposed relationship the effects of psychosocial factors on immunity, convalescence and illness behaviour must be acknowledged.

Obsessive Compulsive Neurosis: Treatment of 28 Cases by Behaviour Therapy

Twenty-eight cases of obsessive compulsive neurosis were treated with a behaviour therapy package and good results were obtained in 15 (53.6%). Relaxation, thought-stopping, implosion, modelling, response prevention, electrical aversion and positive reinforcement wei; the techniques employed. Chronicity, previous treatments, follow-up data, drop-outs and the use of behaviour therapy in our sett...

Institutional Neurosis

Audio-taped exposure therapy in a case of obsessional neurosis.

A patient-recorded audio-tape of intrusive ideation was employed as the anxiety evoking stimulus during the course of exposure therapy with an obsessional neurotic. Detailed records of the patient's subjective anxiety within and across treatment sessions documented the remission of self-reports of obsessional ideation. Treatment gains were maintained at 1-year follow-up.