Word: neuroticism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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In The Great Enterprise, the self-help school is back in session. Even sleepy students will recognize the first half of the book as a rehash of The Mature Mind. Entitled "Equipment for Maturing," it might be subtitled "First Aid for the Ego." Twisted into neurotic shapes by parents, bosses...
"Let's face it," says Songstress Gibbs. "We're living in a neurotic age."
When a woman goes to her doctor and complains that she doesn't seem to be able to have children, the doctor usually assumes that her trouble is physical and that he must do all in his power to help her achieve pregnancy. Not necessarily, says Chicago's...
Several patients studied by Dr. Kroger were overweight, and he attributed their obesity and sterility to the same cause-a childlike desire to be taken care of. "We have often noted," said Dr. Kroger, "that these neurotic women state that they 'will do anything in the world to get...
A Hollow Triumph? Dr. Kroger did not suggest that because a physician considers a woman patient neurotic he should take upon himself the burden of deciding whether or not she should have a child. Instead, he proposed that the physician, perhaps with the help of a psychiatrist, explain to the...