The terms "imbalance" and "weakness" are both used in traditional Chinese medicine to describe nerve function. But, explains Dr. Eric Lin of the Psychiatric Department at Taipei City Hospital's Songde branch, in the language of Western medicine, the psychiatric term "neurosis" more closely describes dysautonomia.
台北市立聯合醫院松德分院精神科醫師林耿立指出，以西醫的分類來說，精神科中的「精神官能症」比較接近所謂的自律神經失調。