The psychosomatic approach in childhood disorders: some psychodynamic and psychotherapeutic issues

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Autore principale: C.S. Ierodiakonou
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author C.S. Ierodiakonou
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contents The psychosomatic approach in childhood disorders: some psychodynamic and psychotherapeutic issues C.S. Ierodiakonou Psicología Mother Childhood Psychosomatics Childhood is an age period duringwhich psychosomatic disorders can bestudied in more detail, "in statu nascenti".Irrespective of other aetiopathogenicissues, psychological factors play a significantrole in predisposing, forming or/and eliciting a psychosomatic disorderthrough a certain organ.Although the full pathological processfor such a manifestation is not knownfor every condition, there is evidence ofmany psychosomatic symptoms in childhoodshowing the importance of psychodynamicinteractions. Some of ourstudies and those of others show the importanceof the mother’s personality informing specific reactions by the child.Many traits of the mother’s character areadopted by identification, and even symptomformation, like psychogenic headaches,overeating etc. Extreme suppressionor neglect by the mother may bringthe same result, like in encopresis. Thepsychodynamic interplay between motherand daughter may produce problems insexual identity, e.g. in anorexia. The ab-The psychosomatic approach inchildhood disorders: somepsychodynamic andpsychotherapeutic issuessence of the mother (we have studied inchildren of emigrated parents) may leadto a failure to thrive.Fixation at certain stages (e.g. oral instuttering) and specific precipitating factorswe found present in some studies ofours. Knowledge of particular mechanismsof defense (like regression in enuresis,aggression in vomiting) is imperativefor one to be able to proceed and actpsychotherapeutically. 2001 artículo científico 0874-4696 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=28730106 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=287 Revista Portuguesa de Psicossomática application/pdf Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicossomática Revista Portuguesa de Psicossomática (Portugal) Num.1 Vol.3
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spellingShingle The psychosomatic approach in childhood disorders: some psychodynamic and psychotherapeutic issues
C.S. Ierodiakonou
Psicología
Mother
Childhood
Psychosomatics
The psychosomatic approach in childhood disorders: some psychodynamic and psychotherapeutic issues C.S. Ierodiakonou Psicología Mother Childhood Psychosomatics Childhood is an age period duringwhich psychosomatic disorders can bestudied in more detail, "in statu nascenti".Irrespective of other aetiopathogenicissues, psychological factors play a significantrole in predisposing, forming or/and eliciting a psychosomatic disorderthrough a certain organ.Although the full pathological processfor such a manifestation is not knownfor every condition, there is evidence ofmany psychosomatic symptoms in childhoodshowing the importance of psychodynamicinteractions. Some of ourstudies and those of others show the importanceof the mother’s personality informing specific reactions by the child.Many traits of the mother’s character areadopted by identification, and even symptomformation, like psychogenic headaches,overeating etc. Extreme suppressionor neglect by the mother may bringthe same result, like in encopresis. Thepsychodynamic interplay between motherand daughter may produce problems insexual identity, e.g. in anorexia. The ab-The psychosomatic approach inchildhood disorders: somepsychodynamic andpsychotherapeutic issuessence of the mother (we have studied inchildren of emigrated parents) may leadto a failure to thrive.Fixation at certain stages (e.g. oral instuttering) and specific precipitating factorswe found present in some studies ofours. Knowledge of particular mechanismsof defense (like regression in enuresis,aggression in vomiting) is imperativefor one to be able to proceed and actpsychotherapeutically. 2001 artículo científico 0874-4696 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=28730106 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=287 Revista Portuguesa de Psicossomática application/pdf Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicossomática Revista Portuguesa de Psicossomática (Portugal) Num.1 Vol.3
title The psychosomatic approach in childhood disorders: some psychodynamic and psychotherapeutic issues
topic Psicología
Mother
Childhood
Psychosomatics
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