Jessica Slijkhuis
Biographic Data
| ID | 8939332 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jessica Slijkhuis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jessica |
| FAMILY NAME | Slijkhuis |
| SIGNATURE | SLIJKHUIS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Koraal Consulting, Sittard, The Netherlands |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
‘Paralysed with fears and worries’
Around 1900 neurasthenia received much attention in both the medical world and society at large. Based on professional publications by Dutch psychiatrists and neurologists and on patient records from the Rhijngeest sanatorium near Leiden in the Netherlands, this article addresses the meanings and interpretations of this nervous disorder as put forward by doctors and patients. We argue that their understanding of this disorder was determined not o…
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‘Paralysed with fears and worries’
Around 1900 neurasthenia received much attention in both the medical world and society at large. Based on professional publications by Dutch psychiatrists and neurologists and on patient records from the Rhijngeest sanatorium near Leiden in the Netherlands, this article addresses the meanings and interpretations of this nervous disorder as put forward by doctors and patients. We argue that their understanding of this disorder was determined not o…
Civilization (1 work) · Disease (1 work) · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices (1 work) · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (1 work) · History (1 work) · Hysteria (1 work) · Medicine (1 work) · Neurasthenia (1 work) · Neurology and Historical Studies (1 work) · Psychiatry (1 work)