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      Neurastenia Translated title: Neurasthenia

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          Apresenta a categoria médica da neurastenia, criada em solo estadunidense no fim do século XIX pelo neurologista George Beard. São apresentadas as características gerais do quadro clínico, bem como as principais hipóteses explicativas para os sintomas, e as proposições terapêuticas sugeridas nas obras do referido autor. Além disso, é discutida a recepção do diagnóstico fora dos EUA, tanto no que se refere ao seu uso na Europa quanto ao caso específico do Brasil.

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          The article addresses the medical category of neurasthenia, developed in the United States by neurologist George Beard at the close of the nineteenth century. Points of discussion include the principle features of the category's clinical presentation, the main hypotheses advanced to account for symptoms, and the treatment alternatives suggested in Beard's works. The article also looks at how the diagnosis was received outside the United States, both in Europe and, more specifically, in Brazil.

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                Journal
                hcsm
                História, Ciências, Saúde-Manguinhos
                Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos
                Casa de Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil )
                0104-5970
                1678-4758
                December 2010
                : 17
                : suppl 2
                : 431-446
                Affiliations
                [01] Rio de Janeiro RJ orgnameUniversidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro orgdiv1Instituto de Medicina Social Brasil
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                S0104-59702010000600010 S0104-5970(10)01700010
                4eb620e2-ffb4-40da-a955-e9ee163d38f7

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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                : December 2009
                : September 2010
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                George Beard (1839-1883),Brasil,neurasthenia,neurastenia,medicina mental,mental medicine,Brazil

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