obsessive-compulsive psychoneurosis

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• psychoneurosis — /suy koh noo roh sis, nyoo /, n., pl. psychoneuroses / seez/. neurosis (def. 1). [1880 85; PSYCHO + NEUROSIS] * * * ▪ psychology Introduction also called  neurosis,  plural  psychoneuroses, or neuroses         mental disorder that causes a sense… …   Universalium

• mental disorder — Any illness with a psychological origin, manifested either in symptoms of emotional distress or in abnormal behaviour. Most mental disorders can be broadly classified as either psychoses or neuroses (see neurosis; psychosis). Psychoses (e.g.,… …   Universalium

• Neurosis — This article is about the term in psychology. For the band, see Neurosis (band). Neurosis is a class of functional mental disorders involving distress but neither delusions nor hallucinations, whereby behavior is not outside socially acceptable… …   Wikipedia

• psychoneurotic — I noun a person suffering from neurosis • Syn: ↑neurotic, ↑mental case • Derivationally related forms: ↑neurotic (for: ↑neurotic) • Hypernyms …   Useful english dictionary

• personality — /perr seuh nal i tee/, n., pl. personalities. 1. the visible aspect of one s character as it impresses others: He has a pleasing personality. 2. a person as an embodiment of a collection of qualities: He is a curious personality. 3. Psychol. a.… …   Universalium

• Positive Disintegration — The Theory of Positive Disintegration (TPD) by Kazimierz Dąbrowski describes a theory of personality development. Unlike mainstream psychology, Dąbrowski s theoretical framework views psychological tension and anxiety as necessary for growth.… …   Wikipedia

• List of mental illnesses — The DSM IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual), the U.S. standard reference for psychiatry, includes over 300 different manifestations of mental illness. Psychiatrists themselves are in dispute over how common some of these conditions are, or… …   Wikipedia

• insanity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of mental soundness Nouns 1. insanity, lunacy, derangement, craziness, feeblemindedness; abnormal behavior, pathology; affective disorder; nervous breakdown; antisocial, compulsive, cyclothymic,… …   English dictionary for students

• neurosis — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. nervous or mental disorder, illness, sickness, or disease; psychoneurosis, melancholia, nervous breakdown; phobia, mania, obsession, compulsion, hypochondria; psychosis, insanity.See fear. II (Roget s …   English dictionary for students

• neurosis — /noo roh sis, nyoo /, n., pl. neuroses / seez/. Psychiatry. 1. Also called psychoneurosis. a functional disorder in which feelings of anxiety, obsessional thoughts, compulsive acts, and physical complaints without objective evidence of disease,… …   Universalium

• Psychotherapy —    The last half of the eighteenth century saw a big upsurge of interest in using the doctor–patient relationship therapeutically, which is the essence of medical psychotherapy. In France after 1750, there had been much writing on la médecine de… …   Historical dictionary of Psychiatry