What Was Neurasthenia? Neurasthenia is an old (19th Century) name for weakness of the physical nerves. It was first used in 1829 to be a mechanical weakness of the actual nerves. What causes neurasthenia? Neurasthenia is attributed to “tension in the higher nervous system in excess of its capacity, thus causing a weakening in the
What Are The Psychophysiological Disorders? Some psychophysiological problems include tension and migraine headaches, irritable bowel syndrome, essential hypertension, jaw pain (TMJ), motor tics, general muscle tension, and pain and fibromyalgia. What are traditional psychophysiological disorders? These traditional psychophysiological disorders include ulcers, asthma, insomnia, chronic headaches, hypertension, and coronary heart disease. Recently many other psychophysiological disorders