neurosis; psychoneurosis (obsolete)
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neurosis; psychoneurosis (obsolete term for 神经症)
technicalThis is an older medical term, now largely replaced by 神经症 (shén jīng zhèng) in modern psychiatric terminology (DSM-5/ICD-11). It historically referred to functional nervous disorders without organic brain lesions.
Shén神
jīng经
guān官
néng能
zhèng症
de的
huàn患
zhě者
cháng常
cháng常
gǎn感
dào到
jiāo焦
lǜ虑
hé和
shī失
mián眠
。
Patients with neurosis often feel anxious and suffer from insomnia.
Zài在
xiàn现
dài代
yī医
xué学
zhōng中
，
shén神
jīng经
guān官
néng能
zhèng症
duō多
bèi被
guī归
lèi类
wèi为
jiāo焦
lǜ虑
zhàng障
ài碍
。
In modern medicine, neurosis is mostly classified as anxiety disorders.
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Zhè这
zhǒng种
jiù旧
chēng称
xiàn现
zài在
duō多
bèi被
"
shén神
jīng经
zhèng症
"
qǔ取
dài代
。
This old term is now mostly replaced by "neurosis".