There now exists considerable evidence for a cyclical variation in the occurrence of a variety of psychiatric disorders, including depression,' mania,2 schizophrenia,3 and suicide.4 Cyclical variation in neurosis is, however, more equivocal: McCartney5 found a seasonal variation in neurosis referrals to American private practice, and Kellner" found that general practitioner (GP) attendances for...

Nathaniel Hawthorne was one of the greatest Romanticist writers of 19th century America, his short fiction “Young Goodman Brown” had profound life philosophies hidden within, embodying the essence of psychoanalysis. This article aimed to explore the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive neurosis in Brown, and explained the reasons for his madness. Through the methodologies of psychoanalysis and path...

?f j^Most of us in our medical training have been taught about the dangers danp Uc^n? a cardiac neurosis; how many of us appreciate the long-term (4) inducing an " I'm too old to do anything " neurosis? res Cental inactivity probably, and physical inactivity certainly, are hoty?nsi^e ^?r much crippling and dependence. It is quite terrifying to witness Walû iekly elderly people become bedridden ...

Serum cholesterol, total triglycerides, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, VLDL-cholesterol, free cholesterol and total phospholipids were studied in 36 patients of anxiety neurosis and 24 control subjects. Serum triglycerides, VLDL-cholesterol and free-cholesterol were found to be significantly raised while esterified cholesterol WJS significantly lowered in anxiety neurosis. A significant nega...

Some mental friction or sensory stimulation may put animals to peculiar movements or attitudes which are called experimental neurosis. On this subject numerous reports have been made since Maier (1, 1939). In experimental neurosis the loss or weakening of various reflexes is common. Hiwatari (3) found a deviation of eye balls due to the loss of rapid. phase and the remaining of slow phase of th...

Introduction NEUROTIC men have been found to differ from normal men in a number of particulars, in the

by A prison psychotherapist, this book highlights the value of studying the transference relationship, not only from a treatment point of view but also as a means of research into the unconscious motivation of the criminal. Dr. Smart emphasises the prisoner's wish for therapy and his ability to make use of it. She confines her study to patients who have a conscious anxiety about their crime. Th...