What is it about?
The basic legal conditions for pursuing medical activities in Hungary require that psychologists be employed at certain somatic departments. In the Hungarian medical practice, however, attitudes recognizing the potential role of psychological factors in the course of diseases are not widely present. The modern psychosomatic approach to healing includes biological, psychological and social factors that may predispose one to, precipitate or perpetuate a medical condition. This case study of a 35-year-old woman reports on a therapy in which the symptoms were indicative of both premature ovarian failure and anxiety, influencing each other in a bidirectional way. Therapy also included interventions on physical (hormonal therapy, Jacobson’s progressive relaxation technique) and psychological levels (cognitive behavioral interventions).
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Why is it important?
This case management is an example for how physician-psychologist collaboration serves the best interests of patients.
Perspectives
Is a medical condition organic or psychogenic? This should not be an "either/or" but a "not only/but also"question, answered within a circular model, in which somatic and psychological phenomena are permanently linked to each other. It is desirable that an obstetrician relate to the patient in an empathic way and help reformulate a somatic condition into a psychosomatic one if needed. It is also preferable that a psychologist try not to trace all symptoms back to assumed psychological origins. It is a multidisciplinary approach that truly helps the patient.
Judit Szigeti F
Semmelweis Egyetem
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This page is a summary of: Korai petefészek-kimerüléssel összefüggő tünetek bio-pszicho-szociális szemléletű kezelése, Orvosi Hetilap, September 2017, Akademiai Kiado,
DOI: 10.1556/650.2017.30836.
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