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Most psychiatrists hold that the way to treat the minor mental ills classified as psychoneuroses* is by mental means alone.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

A noteworthy connection between the symptoms of the true neuroses and the psychoneuroses adds a valuable contribution to our knowledge of symptom formation in the latter.

From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Freud, Sigmund

In the symptoms of the psychoneuroses we have recognized the expression of a disturbance in psychic processes.

From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Freud, Sigmund

We glean a second hint from the analysis of the psychoneuroses, especially of hysteria.

From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Freud, Sigmund