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Research in neurosis: a selective review1 1. Causes and courses

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Isaac M. Marks
Isaac M. Marks
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From the Institute of Psychiatry, Maudsley Hospital, London
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Research in neurosis is reviewed from the standpoint of genetics, phylogenesis, physiology, epidemiology, and prognosis. Family and sociocultural variables are discussed, and experimental paradigms noted. Directions for further research are suggested in these areas, including perceptual and physiological reflex mechanisms triggered in neurosis and in normal people, cross-cultural longitudinal epidemiological studies of specific neurotic syndromes which are linked to family and social variables, factors governing illness behaviour, and field observations of family and marital pathology.

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Psychological Medicine , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , November 1973 , pp. 436 - 454
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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