1. Editor's preface

   Neurasthenia in Asian Cultures Pages: iii - iv

2. Neurasthenia revisited: Its place in modern psychiatry

   • Tsung-Yi Lin

   Neurasthenia in Asian Cultures Pages: 105 - 129

3. Neurasthenia and related problems

   • Derson Young

   Neurasthenia in Asian Cultures Pages: 131 - 138

4. The necessity of retaining the diagnostic concept of neurasthenia

   • Yan He-Qin

   Neurasthenia in Asian Cultures Pages: 139 - 145

5. The diagnosis and phenomenology of neurasthenia a Shanghai study

   • Zhang Ming-Yuan

   Neurasthenia in Asian Cultures Pages: 147 - 161

6. Neurasthenia in China: Modern and traditional criteria for its diagnosis

   • Shixie Liu

   Neurasthenia in Asian Cultures Pages: 163 - 186

7. The concept of neurasthenia and its treatment in Japan

   • Tomonori Suzuki

   Neurasthenia in Asian Cultures Pages: 187 - 202

8. The socio-cultural significance of the diagnostic label “neurasthenia” in Japan's mental health care system

   • Tsunetsugu Munakata

   Neurasthenia in Asian Cultures Pages: 203 - 213

9. Neurasthenia as nosological dilemma

   • Hsien Rin
   • Mei-Gum Huang

   Neurasthenia in Asian Cultures Pages: 215 - 226

10. The indigenization of neurasthenia in Hong Kong

    • Fanny M. Cheung

    Neurasthenia in Asian Cultures Pages: 227 - 241

11. Books received

    Neurasthenia in Asian Cultures Pages: 243 - 244