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Also Known As	psychoneurosis • psychoneuroses • neuroses

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conversion disorder depression neuroticism somatoform disorder anxiety disorder post-traumatic stress disorder obsessive-compulsive disorder phobia depersonalization mental disorder psychosis neurasthenia memory disorder hallucination gender dysphoria schizophrenia personality disorder catatonia stress imposter syndrome

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Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud

Austrian neurologist

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Wilhelm Reich

Viennese psychiatrist

Josef Breuer

Josef Breuer

Austrian physician

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