Neurotics

Anand M, Akveld AC, Sexena PR. 1981. Effect of a neurotic pesticide, endosulfan, on tissue blood flow in cats, including regional cerebral circulation. Vet Hum Toxicol 23 252-258. 

Yensen, R. DiLeo, F.B. Rhead, J.C. Riehards, W.A. Soskin, R.A. Turek, B. and Kurland, A.A. MDA-assisted psychotherapy with neurotic outpatients A pilot study. J Nerv Ment Dis 163 233-245, 1976. 

Brettschneider, J., el al. (2004). Meningeal derived cerebrospinal fluid proteins in different forms of dementia is a meningopathy involved in normal pressure hydrocephalus J. Neurot Neurosurg. Psychiatry 75, 1614-16. 

Neurotic, stress and somatoform disorders (ICD-10, World Health Organisation) Anxiety disorders (DSM-IV, American Psychiatric Association)... 

In clinical psychiatric terms, the affective disorders can be subdivided into unipolar and bipolar disorders. Unipolar depression is also known as psychotic depression, endogenous depression, idiopathic depression and major depressive disorder. Bipolar disorder is now recognised as being heterogeneous bipolar disorder I is equivalent to classical manic depressive psychosis, or manic depression, while bipolar disorder II is depression with hypomania (Dean, 2002). Unipolar mania is where periods of mania alternate with periods of more normal moods. Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) refers to depression with its onset most commonly in winter, followed by a gradual remission in spring. Some milder forms of severe depression, often those with an identifiable cause, may be referred to as reactive or neurotic depression. Secondary depression is associated with other illnesses, such as neuro-degenerative or cardiovascular diseases, and is relatively common. 

Tyrcr P, Seivewright N, Ferguson B and Tyrer J (1992). The general neurotic syndrome A coaxial diagnosis of anxiety, depression and personality disorder. Acta Psychiatra Scan-dinavica, 85, 201-206. 

I don t want to act neurotic about my illness or scare potential roommates off, so I just tell them I m somewhat sensitive to chemicals and fragrances, and they will have to use natural products. A lot of roommates have ended up smoking, so I have to be careful to screen for that now. And this year I ve developed more spine problems, so I need more help around the apartment. I offer to take twenty bucks a month off the rent if they will do the things that I... 

It s a dangerous illness, politically, because it demands so much change. It s different enough that it s easy for some people to move it from the body to the mind. I hope my book is a corrective to some of the critics that are too ready to write this illness off as neurotic somatization. They re too ready to move it from the body to the mind. Environmental illness doesn t fit any of the hysterical contagion models that are out there, and there aren t any real secondary gains associated with this illness. 

The typical person is influenced by both an optimistic bias and an illusion of control (Frewer et al., 1994). When these are lost or compromised, panic can occur. While panic disorder can afflict an individual, panic also occurs as a collective phenomena. While it has been thought that emotional instability will lead some people to be more likely to panic, this is not always found. However, people who are emotionally unstable are more likely to attach importance to information provided during the crises than more emotionally stable individuals (Verbeke and Van Kenhove, 2002). Furthermore, some people are more likely to believe they are sick or affected than others. Feldman et al. (1999) examined the panic predisposition of people based on their classification by the big five personality factors. People were inoculated with a common cold virus, and those who were classified as neurotic were more likely to report unfounded illness and more symptoms than other groups. In contrast to this, openness to experience was associated with reporting unfounded symptoms in those with verifiable colds, whereas conscientiousness was associated with reporting unfounded illness in those who were not ill (Feldman et al, 1999). 

Hopkins Symptom Checklist. The Hopkins Symptom Checklist (HSCL) is a scale that has been used to measure the presence and intensity of various symptoms in outpatient neurotic patients. It is a 58-item self-rating scale and has generally been replaced by the Self-Report Symptom Inventory (SCL-90). It measures the symptoms during the past week and requires approximately 20 minutes to complete. There are five subtests somatization, obsessive-compulsive, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, and anxiety. 

There is considerable evidence that defective homeostasis of redox-active metals, i.e. iron and copper, together with oxidative stress, contributes to the neuropathology of AD. The characteristic histology of AD is the deposition of both Ap, as neurotic plaques (Figure 18.12a), and of the protein tau, as neurofibrillary tangles NFT (Figure 18.12b), predominantly in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus. 

Therapeutic indications for benzodiazepines include anxiety states associated with neurotic, phobic, and depressive disorders, or myocardial infarction (decrease in cardiac stimulation due to anxiety) insomnia preanesthetic (preoperative) medication epileptic seizures and hypertonia of skeletal musculature (spasticity, rigidity). 

Chlordiazepoxide is used for treating neurotic conditions such as reheving feelings of fear, worry, and stress. It exhibits soporific action on the CNS, causes muscle relaxation, and possesses anticonvulsant activity. It is frequently used after operational interventions. The most frequently used synonyms are elenium and hbrium. 

Chlorprothixene has an antipsychotic and sedative action. It has expressed antiemetic activity. It is used in various psychoses, schizophrenia, reactive and neurotic depression with prevalent anxious symptomatology, and in conditions of excitement associated with fear and stress. It may be used in small doses as a sedative agent in neurosis. Synonyms of chlorprothixene are clothixene and tarasan. 

In terms of pharmacological action, pimozide is similar to haloperidol. It is used in hospitals as well as in outpatient settings for supportive therapy of patients suffering from schizophrenia, paranoid conditions, and mental and neurotic disorders with paranoid characteristics. It is unfit for use in severe psychoses because it does not possess psychomotor-sedative action. It is used for treating patients who suffer from Turretts s syndrome. Pimozide has a number of side effects, many of which are similar to those of phe-nothiazine and a number of others. A synonym of this drug is orap. 

Phenelzine is a MAO inhibitor which is used for treating patients with depressive characteristics such as atypical, nonendogenous, or neurotic conditions in which a combination of anxiety, depression, or phobia are observed. Phenelzine is not a drug of first choice, and it is used in depressions that do not respond to other medicinal drugs. Nardil is a synonym of phenelzine. 

The antidepressant action of amoxapine is comparable to that of imipramine and amitriptyline. It exhibits antagonistic activity on dopamine (D2) receptors. Amoxapine is intended more for relieving symptoms in patients with neurotic or situational depression. It has a number of serious side effects. Synonyms of this drug are asendin, amoxan, moxadil, and others. 

Amoxapine Relief of depressive symptoms in patients with neurotic or reactive depressive disorders and endogenous and psychotic depression depression accompanied by anxiety or agitation. 

VI. Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders (ICD 10 codes F40-F48). 682... 

VI. NEUROTIC, STRESS-RELATED AND SOMATOFORM DISORDERS (ICD 10 CODES F40-F48)... 

Park, L.C. and Covi, L. (1965) Nonblind placebo trial an exploration of neurotic patients responses to placebo when Its Inert content is disclosed. Arch Gen Psychiatry 12 336-344. 

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