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Obsessive Behavior

 Subject

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Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = Persistent, unwanted idea or impulse which is considered normal when it does not markedly interfere with mental processes or emotional adjustment.,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

22.31 Female, Married, 35-44 yrs, Obsessional state, January 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/21
Scope and Contents

'This woman is described as a tyrant, super-clean, seems to have a terrible grudge or frustration. Obsessional. Husband a meek mouse. PC confirms, the is woman is very highly strung and "flies about like a paper kite". Dr says this woman is aggressive, but nothing out of the ordinary.'


Relatives in survey: Daughter 22.32, sister 34.20

Dates: Other: January 1946
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Mental Health Survey / Survey Data / Area 22

29.19 Male, Single, 15-24 yrs, Obsessional state, April 1944

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/28
Scope and Contents

"Attempted suicide by gassing. He cannot bear to face people, walks rather than sit opposite people on the bus. At present a prisoner of war. Always very reserved and thought to be a snob. Male cousin is queer - plays with dolls at 16."

Dates: Other: April 1944
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Mental Health Survey / Survey Data / Area 29

32.84 Male, 25-34 yrs, Obsessional state, March 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/31
Scope and Contents

"This man suffers from claustrophobia, cannot go to church very often as it upsets him. Was turned down for the army on medical grounds. Has a 2nd Class Hons degree."

Dates: Other: March 1946
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Mental Health Survey / Survey Data / Area 32

35.82 Female, Married, 25-34 yrs, Obsessional state, July 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/34
Scope and Contents

"Diagnosis: Obsessional Neurosis with depressive features. Slight hyperthyroidism. Parents unsympathetic. Never got on well with her mother."

Dates: Other: July 1947
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Mental Health Survey / Survey Data / Area 35

8.212 Female, Married, 45-54 yrs, Obsessional state, Alcoholism, July 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/8
Scope and Contents From the File:

Questionnaires for persons in Area 8. Indexed.

Dates: Other: July 1947
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Mental Health Survey / Survey Data / Area 8

29.221 Male, Single, Over 65 yrs, Obsessional state, March 1947

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/28
Scope and Contents From the File:

Questionnaires for persons in Area 29. Indexed.

Dates: Other: March 1947
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Mental Health Survey / Survey Data / Area 29

PR2.6367, 1948

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.6367
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 47 at first examination in 1948. Conditions mentioned include: headache; chest pain; palpitation; and obsessional state. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1948
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 2)

PR2.17133, 1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17133
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 24 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: depression; obsessive behaviour; and headache. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 3)