Prevalence of neurosis in women.

Every survey of the prevalence of neurosis in general practice records a rate in women almost double that in men. This investigation is an attempt to examine a possible cause for this disparity. The patients studied in this survey constituted a rural general practice of 3,000. Data were collected from the general practitioner's disease index, the patient's record card, and the personal knowledge of the general practitioner, who had made the psychiatric diagnosis. Children under 15, schizophrenics, subnormals, and patients with organic psychoses were excluded. Temporary emotional upsets which subsided rapidly after a single consultation were noted but are not considered in this paper as contributing significantly to psychiatric morbidity and