title: Life events related to the inception of anxiety neurosis.
abstract: We collected the data of life events contributing to the onset of anxiety states in our series of 118 patients with anxiety neurosis by using a check list specially designed for the purpose. We found that the most significant events producing anxiety states were those concerning "illness and medical treatment" in both sexes. From these data, a suggestion was made that stressful life events directly menacing "the security of life" played the most important role in the inception of anxiety neurosis.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005619:Freudian Theory; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010200:Panic