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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 126, No. 10

Articles | April 01, 1970

A Centennial Review of Neurasthenia

JOHN C. CHATEL; ROGER PEELE

Am J Psychiatry 1970;126:1404-1413.

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Staff psychiatrist, at the National Center for Mental Health Services, Training, and Research, St. Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, D. C. 20032

Acting director, Area D Community Mental Health Center, at the National Center for Mental Health Services, Training, and Research, St. Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, D. C. 20032

1970, American Psychiatric Association

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The authors trace the clinical use of the term "neurasthenia," which began 100 years ago, present theories explaining its etiology, and describe its treatment. The term has remained in use in some European countries including France and Russia, but has become virtually obsolete in the United States. Its recent revival in DSM-II has not yet brought about, to the authors' knowledge, any new interest in this concept.

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