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neurosis — Synonyms and related words: abulia, accident neurosis, anxiety hysteria, anxiety neurosis, arteriosclerotic psychosis, association neurosis, battle fatigue, blast neurosis, brain disease, certifiability, combat fatigue, compensation neurosis,… … Moby Thesaurus
Conversion disorder — Classification and external resources ICD 10 F44 ICD 9 300.11 … Wikipedia
Conversion therapy — Conversion therapy, sometimes called reparative therapy or reorientation therapy, is one type of sexual orientation change effort that attempts to change the sexual orientation of a person from homosexual or bisexual to heterosexual.[1] These… … Wikipedia
Neurosis — A chronic disorder featuring irritability of the nervous system (nervousness) and characterized by anxiety and/or extreme behavior dedicated to avoid anxiety situations. * * * 1. A psychological or behavioral disorder in which anxiety is the… … Medical dictionary
Neurosis — Para otros usos de este término, véase Neurosis (desambiguación). El bebedor de Absenta de Viktor Oliva. El arte está plagado de referencias a la neurosis. El máximo exponente moderno tal vez sea Edvard Munch, aunque desde Carl Gustav Jung se… … Wikipedia Español
neurosis — n.; pl. neuroses any long term mental or behavioural disorder in which contact with reality is retained and the condition is recognized by the sufferer as abnormal: the term and concept were originated by Freud. A neurosis essentially features… … The new mediacal dictionary
conversion disorder — noun a mental disorder characterized by the conversion of mental conflict into somatic forms (into paralysis or anesthesia having no apparent cause) • Syn: ↑conversion reaction, ↑conversion hysteria • Hypernyms: ↑mental disorder, ↑mental… … Useful english dictionary
neurosis — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. nervous or mental disorder, illness, sickness, or disease; psychoneurosis, melancholia, nervous breakdown; phobia, mania, obsession, compulsion, hypochondria; psychosis, insanity.See fear. II (Roget s … English dictionary for students
conversion hysteria — former name for a subtype of hysterical neurosis (see hysteria); currently classified as conversion disorder … Medical dictionary
conversion hysteria — A neurosis in which there is gross loss or impairment of some somatic or physical function caused by emotional conflicts, such as hysterical blindness, hysterical paralysis, hysterical tremors, hysterical limping. Used by sufferer to protect… … Black's law dictionary
