The Rise and Fall of Neurasthenia in Japanese Psychiatry
| Autor: | Kenji Kitanishi, Kyoichi Kondo |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
05 social sciences World War II 050109 social psychology Neurosis General Medicine Neurasthenia medicine.disease language.human_language 030227 psychiatry German 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Morita therapy medicine language 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Meaning (existential) Psychiatry Sociocultural evolution Relation (history of concept) Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Transcultural Psychiatric Research Review. 31:137-152 |
| ISSN: | 0041-1108 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/136346159403100204 |
| Popis: | The history of the theory and treatment of neurosis in modem Japanese psychiatry began with the exploration of the concept of neurasthenia, introduced through German psychiatry and French neurology. An original perspective on the diagnosis and treatment of neuras thenia was developed by Morita who founded Morita Therapy. Neurasthenia gradually came to be discussed in relation to Morita's concept of shinkeishitsu. Since World War II, the term neurosis has replaced neuras thenia. At the present time in Japan, neurasthenia is used with only a limited and narrow meaning. Clinical data in Japan show an increase in neurasthenia during World War II and a decrease after the war. In its place, there has been an increase in obsessive-compulsive and phobic symptoms. This rise and fall of neurasthenia can be related to changes in the theory of neurosis along with changing sociocultural conditions. |
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