www.aafp.org/afp AMERICAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN 1981 mented. All lesions are usually of similar size and shape. Patients “dig”at their skin to relieve itching or to extract imaginary objects that they believe are imbedded or extruding from their skin. The lesions are grouped at sites of the body that are easily accessible and usually exposed, such as the extensor surfaces of the extremities, face an...

Accurate information about the incidence and prevalence of anxiety disorders is difficult to obtain; a survey by the Office of National Statistics (ONS 2000) found that 164 people per 1,000 had a neurotic disorder in the week before interview, which represents about 1 in 6 of all adults. They found that the most prevalent neurotic disorder among the population as a whole was mixed anxiety and d...

Introduction IN a recent communication (Slater, 1943), based on a statistical survey of two thousand neurotic soldiers, a hypothesis was developed to the effect that there was a generalized predisposition towards neurosis, which was in large part responsible for the appearance of neurotic symptoms in the individual when placed under stress. Evidence was adduced that this constitutional tendency...

In this article, the author provides a practice-friendly guide to the psychological assessment of self-injury, such as self-inflicted cutting, burning, hitting, and excoriation of wounds. The crucial distinction between self-injury and suicide is emphasized. The author presents a structure for the assessment of self-injury that focuses first on the therapeutic relationship, and thereafter on th...

This paper aims to establish a theoretical approach to the problem of children’s neurotic disorders and their orthodontic effects. It will provide an overview of the literature on the defi nition of children’s neurotic disorders, summarizing specifi c approaches related to these disorders. The theoretical article also highlights and explains the main issues arising from orthodontic effects. The...

hand eczema is a common distressing skin problem. it is an immune reaction to haptens. thus, substances that inhibit immune system can be effective in the treatment of hand eczema. in this study, topical fumaric acid 5% cream is compared with topical steroid in the treatment of hand eczema. patients with hand eczema were randomly divided into two groups. one group received fumaric acid 5% in a ...

Twenty four remitted schizophrenics and twenty four neurotic depressives were studied on three measures of visual information processing, viz., simple reaction time, choice reaction time, and a forced choice span of apprehension test. The groups were matched for age, sex, and educational status. The remitted schizophrenics performed poorly on these measures compared to neurotic depressives. The...

Relationship of neurosis and sexual behaviour has been a matter of dispute till date. In the present study sexual behaviour of 40 married neurotics and 22 matched healthy control males was studied. Sexual behaviour of neurotics was similar to control subjects before the commencement of neurotic illness. But after the onset of the neurotic illness subjects showed significant decrease in frequenc...

AIM Analysis of prevalence of symptoms and problems connected with sexuality in patients admitted to a day hospital for neurotic and behavioral disorders' treatment. METHOD The results of diagnostics of 2582 women and 1347 men, admitted for psychotherapy in a day hospital, because of neurotic, behavioral and personality disorders. RESULTS Symptoms from the sexuality area revealed themselves...