Dictionary Meaning and Definition on 'Neurasthenia'
n : nervous breakdown (not in technical use)
- Neurasthenia \Neu*ras`the*ni"a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr.
Dictionary Meaning and Definition on 'Neurasthenia'
n : nervous breakdown (not in technical use)
- Neurasthenia \Neu*ras`the*ni"a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr.? nerve +?
A condition of nervous debility supposed to be dependent upon
impairment in the functions of the spinal cord.
Wikipedia Meaning and Definition on 'Neurasthenia'
Neurasthenia is a psycho-pathological term first used by George Miller Beard It is currently a diagnosis in the World Health Organization's International Classification of Diseases (and in the Chinese Classification of Mental Disorders, translated as 神经衰弱). However, it is no longer included as a diagnosis in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
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