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Neurasthenia as nosological dilemma
1Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei.
Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry
|June 1, 1989
Summary
Physicians and patients hold differing views on neurasthenia, a psychiatric distress term. While integrated into Chinese medicine, younger doctors reject it, though some use it for patient rapport.
Area of Science:
- Psychiatry
- Medical Anthropology
- History of Medicine
Background:
- Neurasthenia is a term for distress, primarily from psychiatric conditions.
- Discrepancies exist in understanding neurasthenia between patients and physicians.
- The concept of neurasthenia has been adopted into traditional Chinese medicine.