psychoneuroses
- plural of psychoneurosis.
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The psychoneuroses are generally considered milder mental illnesses than the psychoses, but some of them can be as stubbornly difficult to treat.
From Time Magazine Archive
Most psychiatrists hold that the way to treat the minor mental ills classified as psychoneuroses* is by mental means alone.
From Time Magazine Archive
Of all the forms of nervousness proper, the psychoneuroses, hysteria is probably the one having its source mainly in the character of the patient.
From The Nervous Housewife by Myerson, Abraham
Lumbar and Sciatic Psychoneuroses.—Many cases of lumbago and sciatica are really psychoneuroses.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
Yet, there is a more problematic species: those suffering from serious psychological problems, personality disorders, clinical phobias, psychoneuroses and the like.
From After the Rain : how the West lost the East by Vaknin, Samuel
