[Relation between the frequency of complaints by neurotic patients and their solving personal problems].

The relationship between the frequency of neurotic complaints and the way in which subjects coped with problems was studied in 97 patients with neuroses and in 26 patients who had undergone a successful kidney transplantation. Although the frequency of complaints correlated with the severity of psychological problems, the individual nature of coping with problems and of complaints in both groups was different. Characteristic of the neurotic patients was a tendency toward overcoming problems in a passive manner.