It was a case of hysteria which had developed largely upon a basis of injury-therewas a traumatic psychoneurosis.
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On the other hand the benignant nature of a psychoneurosis may be in part attributed to the patient's appreciation of his affliction.
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The mental conditions leading to purposeless prevarication which supervene in the real hysterical mental states, or during the course of traumatic psychoneurosis are well known.