What Is a Neurasthenic Mean?

: a condition that is characterized especially by physical and mental exhaustion usually with accompanying symptoms (as headaches, insomnia, and irritability), is of unknown cause but is often associated with depression or emotional stress, and is sometimes considered similar to or identical with chronic fatigue ...

What is neurasthenia called today?

The term, neurasthenia, has been retired as a diagnosis in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, however, it is still used as a diagnosis in the 2016 version of the World Health Organization's International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) under the diagnostic ...

Is neurasthenia a depression?

Patients with neurasthenia present with the predominant compliant of physical and mental fatigue, exacerbated by exertion. They commonly have symptoms of depression and anxiety, but fatigue is predominant.