Neurasthenia is a term that was first used at least as early as 1829 to label a mechanical weakness of the actual nerves, rather than the more metaphorical " nerves " referred to by George Miller Beard later.

Neurasthenia is currently a diagnosis in the World Health Organization's International Classification of Diseases ( and in the Chinese Classification of Mental Disorders, translated as 神经衰弱 ).

Neurasthenia is a disorder with a startle response during periods of great fatigue.

Jendresen is attached to multiple projects in various stages of development, including National Geographic Films ' Aloft ( starring Robert Redford ), The Hot Zone ( based on Richard Preston's novel ) Fire ( based on the Sebastian Junger book of the same name ), The 300 Spartans, Explaining Hitler, Cousteau, The Immortals, Journey to the Center of the Earth, a prequel to Star Trek, a 4-hour miniseries, " Majestic-12 ", a television series based on the history of The Pony Express with Robert Duvall, a television series based on the Francis Ford Coppola film, " The Conversation ", with Christopher McQuarrie, a television series " Mars " with NBC, a television series " Neurasthenia " with Melanie Griffith, an 8-hour miniseries adaptation of " Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West " with Salma Hayek and ABC, and a feature presentation " Killing Lincoln " which he is co-producing with Ridley Scott for the National Geographic Channel.

Neurasthenia has largely been abandoned as a medical diagnosis.

To capitalize on this epidemic, the Rexall drug company introduced a medication called ' Americanitis Elixir ' which claimed to be a soother for any bouts related to Neurasthenia.

Reports and papers given by Rivers at the Abernethian Society of St. Bart's indicate a growing specialism in these fields: Delirium and its allied conditions ( 1889 ), Hysteria ( 1891 ) and Neurasthenia ( 1893 ).

* Tuttle, Jennifer S. “ Rewriting the West Cure: Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Owen Wister, and the Sexual Politics of Neurasthenia .” The Mixed Legacy of Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

Sigmund Freud reviewed Mitchell's book on The Treatment of Certain Forms of Neurasthenia and Hysteria in 1887 ; and used electrotherapy in his wake into the 1890s.

* Gosling, F. G. Before Freud: Neurasthenia and the American Medical Community, 1870-1910.

Neurasthenia, I think.

It took thirty of our women almost six moons to build this one, which is higher and stronger than the old one.

But apart from racial problems, the old unreconstructed South -- to use the moderate words favored by Mr. Thomas Griffith -- finds itself unsympathetic to most of what is different about the civilization of the North.

Had the situation been reversed, had, for instance, England been the enemy in 1898 because of issues of concern chiefly to New England, there is little doubt that large numbers of Southerners would have happily put on their old Confederate uniforms to fight as allies of Britain.

Isfahan became more of a legend than a place, and now it is for many people simply a name to which they attach their notions of old Persia and sometimes of the East.

Truman Capote is still reveling in Southern Gothicism, exaggerating the old Southern legends into something beautiful and grotesque, but as unreal as -- or even more unreal than -- yesterday.

Lacking the pioneer spirit necessary to write of a new economy, these writers seem to be contenting themselves with an old one that is now as defunct as Confederate money.

It is clear that, while most writers enjoy picturing the Negro as a woolly-headed, humble old agrarian who mutters `` yassuhs '' and `` sho' nufs '' with blissful deference to his white employer ( or, in Old South terms, `` massuh '' ), this stereotype is doomed to become in reality as obsolete as Caldwell's Lester.

but they can hardly deny that, exaggerated or not, the old panorama is dead.

One is that they were established, or gained eminence, under pressure provided by these same immigrants, from whom the old families wished to segregate their children.

It is a total situation that is defended: the `` good old days ''.

But The Holy Sinner is not simply a retelling of old stories for an old man's entertainment.

Criticism is as old as literary art and we can set the stage for our study of three moderns if we see how certain critics in the past have dealt with the ethical aspects of literature.

The old ideal of the independent entrepreneur is extant -- but so is the recognition that the main chance may be in a corporate bureaucracy.

One is that there sometimes are real although inadequate compensations in growing old.

The reason is, I think, my awareness that my remarks last quarter on pacifism may well have served to confirm the opinion of some that my tendency to skepticism and dissent gets us nowhere, and that I am simply too old to hope.

This magnificent but greatly underestimated book, which bodies forth the very form and pressure of its time as no other comparable creation, has suffered severely from having been written about an historical event -- the Spanish Civil War -- that is still capable of fanning the smoldering fires of old political feuds.

he usually draws some kind of comparison with the jazz tradition and the poem he is reading -- for instance, he draws the parallel between a poem he reads about an Oriental courtesan waiting for the man she loves, and who never comes, and the old blues chants of Ma Rainy and other Negro singers -- but usually the comparison is specious.

The craft made the familiar unwelcome flight to Havana, where, for some unknown reason, Castro rushed to the airport to express mortification to the Colombian foreign minister, a passenger, who is not an admirer of old Ten O'Clock Shadow.

Seen in decorating circles of late is a renewed interest in an old art: embroidery.

It is not as convenient as the old type toothbrush and the paste tends to shimmy off the bristles.

The necessary step between diagnosis and training is acceptance of the validity of the criticisms.

It is of course useful to have a sovereign cause on one's social criticism, for it makes diagnosis and prescription much easier than they might otherwise be.

Therefore, the plaintiff must offer evidence that the extent of the limitation caused by the impairment is substantial in terms of his or her own experience ;" a medical diagnosis or physician's declaration of disability is no longer enough.

There is a huge variation among patients with the same diagnosis, and aphasias can be highly selective.

Identifying alcoholism is difficult for the individual afflicted because of the social stigma associated with the disease that causes people with alcoholism to avoid diagnosis and treatment for fear of shame or social consequences.

The diagnosis is established by a computed tomography ( CT ) ( with contrast ) examination.

Surgical drainage or aspiration is often necessary to identify Mycobacterium tuberculosis, but once the diagnosis is made no further surgical intervention is necessary.

Bipolar disorder or bipolar affective disorder ( historically known as manic-depressive disorder ) is a psychiatric diagnosis for a mood disorder in which people experience disruptive mood swings that encompass a frenzied state known as mania ( or hypomania ) and, usually, symptoms of depression.

The total number of reported stressful events in childhood is higher in those with an adult diagnosis of bipolar spectrum disorder compared to those without, particularly events stemming from a harsh environment rather than from the child's own behavior.

A depressive or hypomanic episode is not required for diagnosis, but it frequently occurs.

However, a bipolar II diagnosis is not a guarantee that they will not eventually suffer from such an episode in the future.

It has been noted that the bipolar disorder diagnosis is officially characterised in historical terms such that, technically, anyone with a history of ( hypo ) mania and depression has bipolar disorder whatever their current or future functioning and vulnerability.

Without diagnosis and treatment, the infection can be fatal in one to six days ; mortality in untreated cases is approximately 100 %.

In sociology, behavior is considered as having no meaning, being not directed at other people and thus is the most basic human action, although it can play a part in diagnosis of disorders such as the autism spectrum disorders.

A diagnosis is verified by a benzodiazepine or barbiturate test.

The diagnosis is validated by the quick response to either benzodiazepines or electroconvulsive therapy ( ECT ).

Condensed matter physics also has important applications to Biophysics, for example, the experimental technique of magnetic resonance imaging, which is widely used in medical diagnosis.

The diagnosis of CJD is suspected when there are typical clinical symptoms and signs such as rapidly progressing dementia with myoclonus.

Differential diagnosis of these disorders is an active area of biomedical research.

A diagnosis of bradycardia in adults is based on a heart rate less than 60 bpm.

This is the diagnosis used in Robert Graves ' Claudius novels, first published in the 1930s.