Neurosis combines a class of functional mental disorders associated with problems, but neither with delusions nor hallucinations in which behavior is not outside socially acceptable norms. It is also known as psychoneurosis or neurotic disorder. This term, in essence, describes invisible injuries and their consequences. The neurosis clinic contains collective information for a group of functional reversible psychogenic disorders that tend to be protracted. The signs of a neurosis are characterized by obsessive hysterical and asthenic manifestations. They are characterized by a temporary decrease in physical and mental performance.
The term neurosis was introduced by the Scottish physician William Cullen in 1769 to refer to "a disorder of feelings and movements caused by a common lesion of the nervous system."He described various nervous disorders and symptoms that could not be explained physiologically. The word is derived from the Greek word neurosis, which means the nerve. In all cases, the psychogenic factor are conflicts( internal or external) that cause a prolonged overstrain of the intellectual and emotional spheres of the psyche or psychological trauma. The term has been reviewed many times in history, and today there is no unambiguous interpretation of it. It should also be noted that today in medicine and biology neurosis is not called the same functional disorders, and signs of neurosis in these areas are different.
There are many different specific forms of neuroses: a neurosis of fear, an obsessive-compulsive disorder, hysteria( in which anxiety can be relieved by physical symptoms), and an almost endless variety of phobias, as well as obsessions such as pyromania. The main signs of neurosis are manifested in the form of mental symptoms. This is also, often for no apparent reason, emotional distress. Problems in communication and indecisiveness. Inadequate self-esteem: inflated or understated. Frequent experience of anxiety, fear, phobia, panic disorders and panic attacks are possible. Characterized by the uncertainty or inconsistency of life's desires, a system of values, preferences, ideas about others, about life and about oneself. Cynicism can often be observed.
Symptoms of neurosis differ instability of mood, its frequent and sharp variability, irritability. Stress is characterized by high sensitivity: for an insignificant event a person reacts with aggression or despair. Tearfulness, vulnerability, touchiness, anxiety, fixation on the situation of a traumatic nature. Fast fatigue and memory loss when working. Weakened mental ability and attention. Hypersensitivity to temperature changes, bright light, loud sounds. There is a disorder of sleep: often a person can not fall asleep due to an overexcited state. Sleep disturbing and superficial, it does not bring relief. In the morning often there is drowsiness.
Diagnosis of these neurotic disorders begins with a thorough medical examination, the purpose of which is to determine whether neurosis is present. Signs of it begin to be established from the study of history, then a full medical examination and special testing is conducted. The tests are prepared in such a way as to exclude hyperthyroidism or mitral valve prolapse( PMC), since both diseases have symptoms that can lead to anxiety. Assessment by a psychiatrist or other licensed specialist for assessing mental health is often needed in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases that are called neuroses or neurotic disorders.
The most important causes of neuroses are problems and traumas that have their roots in early childhood. They are caused, as a rule, by violations of relations between parents. An important role is played by emotional, physical and mental stress. They are the result of internal tension and weak protection of personal interests from various external aggressions.