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anxiety neurosis [‚aŋ′zī·əd·ē nu̇′rō·səs] (psychology) A psychoneurotic disorder characterized by diffuse anxious expectation not restricted to definite situations, persons, or objects, and by emotional instability, irritability, apprehensiveness, and a sense of fatigue; caused by incomplete resolution of repressed emotional problems, and frequently associated with somatic symptoms. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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1% of those who continuously take benzodiazepine anxiolytic said that they are diagnosed as autonomic nerve imbalance, followed by insomnia, panic disorder, anxiety neurosis and menopause. In a large community study, Hallstrom and Samuelsson (1990) round that increasing age, along with reports of anxiety neurosis and use of psychotropic medication, decreased sexual desire. The former developed the concept of birth anxiety, whereas the latter two pointed at feelings of guilt as the source of anxiety neurosis. |
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