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Obsessional neurosis: a nosographic innovation by Freud. 1998

U May-Tolzmann

Freud refers in a paper published in 1895 to the phobias of obsessional neurosis. James Strachey, the editor of the Standard Edition of Freud's works, comments on this as follows: The term obsessional neurosis (Zwangsneurose) makes its first published appearance in this sentence...Lowenfeld... attributed the origin of both the term and the concept to Freud. Freud himself gave no indication at this point that he was introducing a new term. It was not until 1896 that he described obsessional neurosis as his nosographic innovation. The following questions are examined in the paper: Is it true that Freud coined the term obsessional neurosis? If so why is this fact so little known? What were the views of German-language neuropathology and psychiatry in the period around 1895 concerning the symptoms subsumed by Freud under obsessional neurosis, and in what respects did Freud's contribution differ from that of his colleagues? This paper is concerned exclusively with German-language psychiatry and neuropathology; it makes only isolated reference to their French counterparts. Furthermore, it focuses solely on the symptom that Freud placed at the core of obsessional neurosis, namely obsessional ideas.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009497	Neurotic Disorders	Disorders in which the symptoms are distressing to the individual and recognized by him or her as being unacceptable. Social relationships may be greatly affected but usually remain within acceptable limits. The disturbance is relatively enduring or recurrent without treatment.	Neuroses,Psychoneuroses,Disorder, Neurotic,Disorders, Neurotic,Neurotic Disorder
D009626	Terminology as Topic	Works about the terms, expressions, designations, or symbols used in a particular science, discipline, or specialized subject area.	Etymology,Nomenclature as Topic,Etymologies
D009770	Obsessive Behavior	Persistent, unwanted idea or impulse which is considered normal when it does not markedly interfere with mental processes or emotional adjustment.	Obsessions,Behavior, Obsessive,Behaviors, Obsessive,Obsession,Obsessive Behaviors
D011570	Psychiatry	The medical science that deals with the origin, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders.
D002965	Classification	The systematic arrangement of entities in any field into categories classes based on common characteristics such as properties, morphology, subject matter, etc.	Systematics,Taxonomy,Classifications,Taxonomies
D003142	Communication	The exchange or transmission of ideas, attitudes, or beliefs between individuals or groups.	Miscommunication,Misinformation,Social Communication,Communication Programs,Communications Personnel,Personal Communication,Communication Program,Communication, Personal,Communication, Social,Communications, Social,Miscommunications,Misinformations,Personnel, Communications,Program, Communication,Programs, Communication,Social Communications
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D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
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