Neurosis and Experimental Psychology
- 1 January 1958
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in Journal of Mental Science
- Vol. 104 (434) , 55-62
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.104.434.55
Abstract
Genetic factors have been shown to play an important role in the development of neurosis. These factors, however, determine the vulnerability of an individual, the degree of his predisposition for neurotic breakdown, while the available evidence indicates that the actual behavioural disturbance results from the imposition of some form of environmental stress on the individual concerned. The probability that any particular individual will develop a neurosis is partly determined by his genetic constitution and partly by the degree of stress to which he is subjected.Keywords
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