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Neurasthenia

Known as: Fatigue neurosis, Neurasthenia [Disease/Finding], Nervous debility 
An episode of acute, severe anxiety or depression associated with an inability to function as normal.
National Institutes of Health

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AstheniaAsthenic personalityChronic Fatigue SyndromeCyclothymic Disorder

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Mental disorders

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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Not in the mind of neurasthenic lazybones but in the cell nucleus: patients with chronic fatigue syndrome have increased production of nuclear factor kappa beta.
There is now some evidence that chronic fatigue syndrome is accompanied by an activation of the inflammatory response system and… 
2001
2001
Heteropteris aphrodisiaca O. Machado : effects of Extract BST 0298 on the oxidative stress of young and old rat brains
The plant Heteropteris aphrodisiaca O. Machado is widely employed in Brazilian popular medicine as a stimulant, a tonic and a… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Estranged Bodies, Simulated Harmony, and Misplaced Cultures: Neurasthenia in Contemporary Chinese Society
Objective To study the sociocultural transformation of neurasthenia (shenjing shuairuo, SJSR), as both disease and illness, in… 
1997
1997
EDITORIAL Reviving the diagnosis of neurasthenia
‘Whether or not it is worthwhile to distinguish between “neurasthenia” and “dysthymic disorders” must depend either on the… 
1989
1989
Neurasthenia as nosological dilemma
While researching concepts of neurasthenia as described by patients and physicians of various backgrounds, it was found that… 
Review
1989
Review
1989
The indigenization of neurasthenia in Hong Kong
Despite its origin in Western psychiatry, neurasthenia has become a popular concept in Chinese folk medicine, referring to a… 
1989
1989
The diagnosis and phenomenology of neurasthenia a Shanghai study
Neurasthenia is one of the commonest diagnostic terms in psychiatric practice in China, but it is employed less and less by… 
1986
1986
Sickness and health in America. Readings in the history of medicine and public health
Review
1984
Review
1984
Follow-up studies of personal injury litigants.
Highly Cited
1948
Highly Cited
1948
Chronic infectious mononucleosis.
A group of patients is described in whom ease of fatigue, fever, splenomegaly, low blood pressure, low blood sugar, low specific… 
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