neurasthenia (ny
r'əsthē`nēa), condition characterized by general lassitude, irritability, lack of concentration, worry, and hypochondria. The term was introduced into psychiatry in 1869 by G. M. Beard, an American neurologist. Used by Freud to describe a fundamental disorder in mental functioning, the term was incorrectly applied to almost any psychoneurosis and has been largely abandoned.
neurasthenia [‚nu̇r·əs′thē·nē·ə]
r'əsthē`nēa), condition characterized by general lassitude, irritability, lack of concentration, worry, and hypochondria. The term was introduced into psychiatry in 1869 by G. M. Beard, an American neurologist. Used by Freud to describe a fundamental disorder in mental functioning, the term was incorrectly applied to almost any psychoneurosis and has been largely abandoned.neurasthenia [‚nu̇r·əs′thē·nē·ə]
(medicine)
A group of symptoms, now generally subsumed in the neurasthenic neurosis, formerly ascribed to debility or exhaustion of the nerve centers.
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