'Actual neurosis' and psychosomatic medicine: The vicissitudes of an enigmatic concept

International Journal of Psychoanalysis

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1361-1373

  Hartocollis, Peter ^a  

^a NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Actual neurosis; Alexithymia; Anxiety neurosis; Chronic fatigue syndrome; Hysteria; Neurasthenia; Psychosomatics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HISTORY; HUMAN; NEURASTHENIA; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; PSYCHOSOMATICS;

FREUDIAN THEORY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NEURASTHENIA; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE;

EID: 0038044603     PISSN: 00207578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1516/BU1X-DXX8-60QB-KJG4     Document Type: Article

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