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Neurasthenia (from the Ancient Greek νεῦρον neuron "nerve" and ἀσθενής asthenés "weak") is a term that was first used as early as 1829 [6] for a mechanical weakness of the nerves.
Neurasthenia was a popular diagnosis from 1869 through 1930. Despite being discarded, the core symptoms of neurasthenia can still be found throughout modern society. The present article reviews the symptoms, common course, proposed causes, and common treatments for neurasthenia.
15 lut 2022 · Summary. The article focuses on two different ways of constructing and understanding neurasthenia: one in the context of Russian medicine in the late-nineteenth to early-twentieth centuries, and the other in Soviet medicine after the communist revolution in 1917.
neurasthenia reportedly occurred when people depleted their "nervous energy," a vital force thought to be produced by digestion and distrib-uted throughout the body via the nervous system. This energy allowed people to think rationally, to remain active, and to stay healthy. Neurasthenia's symptoms varied and included insomnia, depression,
Neurasthenia would have conjured up a precise meaning to those who first encountered it: nerve weakness. At a time when notions of electricity and energy were permeating neurophysiology, neurology and psychiatry, the idea that a patient's nervous system was operating at less than an optimal setting, made good sense.
THE CONCEPT OF NEURASTHENIA* H. CLYDE SLADE, M.D., C.M.' The diagnosis of neurasthenia was much more commonly used some years ago than it is now. While it has disap peared from the standard classification of the American Psychiatric Association, there is probably good reason for its continued use. As generally thought of
11 mar 2016 · How a 19th-century nervous condition shaped the way modern Americans think about health and happiness. By Julie Beck. AVA Bitter / Hein Nouwens / ledokol.ua / Morphart Creation / Shutterstock...
