CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I INTRODUCTORY 1
II THE NATURE OF "NERVOUSNESS" 17
III TYPES OF HOUSEWIFE PREDISPOSED TO NERVOUSNESS 46
IV THE HOUSEWORK AND THE HOME AS FACTORS IN THE NEUROSIS 74
V REACTION TO THE DISAGREEABLE 91
VI POVERTY AND ITS PSYCHICAL RESULTS 116
VII THE HOUSEWIFE AND HER HUSBAND 126
VIII THE HOUSEWIFE AND HER HOUSEHOLD CONFLICTS 141
IX THE SYMPTOMS AS WEAPONS AGAINST THE HUSBAND 160
X HISTORIES OF SOME SEVERE CASES 168
XI OTHER TYPICAL CASES 199
XII TREATMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL CASES 231
XIII THE FUTURE OF WOMAN, THE HOME, AND MARRIAGE 244
INDEX 269




CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTORY


How old is the problem of the Nervous Housewife?