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Psychoneuroses and Neurotic Reactions in Old Age *
Author(s) -
MEYER J. E.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1974.tb02174.x
Subject(s) - psychogenic disease , medicine , neuroticism , neurotic disorders , psychiatry , personality , psychoanalysis , psychology
Chronic psychoneuroses that have developed in earlier life are mitigated in the senium. New psychogenic syndromes in old age are either acute reactions to life stress or character developments which accentuate former personality features. The acute psychogenic reactions are manifested as depressive or hypochondriac syndromes, clearly related regarding time and content to the situational burden. Psychiatrists seldom see new psychoneuroses and neurotic reactions in the elderly and such patients are seldom admitted to psychiatric institutions. It is noteworthy that few of these new psychoneuroses are linked to the nearness of death.