Irritable bowel syndrome vs ulcerative colitis: Psychofunctional disturbance vs psychosomatic disease?

Bonfils, S; M’Uzan, Michel de

doi:10.1016/0022-3999(74)90012-9

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“…The personality-profile of IBS patients has been described as compulsive, overconscientious, dependent, sensitive, guilty and unassertive (Bonfils & De M'Uzan, 1974;Hill & Blendis, 1967;Wilson, 1934;White & Jones, 1940). There has been only one systematic study of personalityprofiles in patients with IBS.…”

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Psychophysiologic disorders: a critical appraisal of concept and theory illustrated with reference to the irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)

Latimer

1979

Psychol. Med.

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SYNOPSISThe concept of psychophysiologic disorders and the major theories invented to account for such disorders are critically reviewed. The Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) serves to illustrate the application of each theory and provides a vehicle for their appraisal. The tendency to think of ‘physical’ and ‘psychological’ as separate entities rather than separate languages has led to attempts to make a categorical distinction between disorders caused by ‘psychological’ factors and those caused by ‘physical’ factors. Some of the theories developed to account for psychophysiologic disorders are unscientific and none can adequately account for all the features of IBS. It is concluded that the concept of psychophysiologic or psychosomatic disorder is outmoded.

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Psychophysiologic disorders: a critical appraisal of concept and theory illustrated with reference to the irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)

Latimer

1979

Psychol. Med.

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“…The main findings were summarized as follows: (1) The definite type of patients consisted predominantly of males whose ages were between 40 and 50, while the suspicious type consisted predominantly of females below 30 years of age.…”

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Alexithymic Feature in Digestive Diseases

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Sugita²,

Nakai³

et al. 1979

Psychother Psychosom

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A comparative study was conducted on the psychological features of chronic pancreatitis, peptic ulcer, ulcerative colitis and the irritable colon syndrome by means of psychological tests and interviews. The patients with irritable colon syndrome were found to be the most neurotic of all, whereas those with the definite type of chronic pancreatitis and ulcerative colitis presented prominent alexithymic characteristics. About one half of the patients having peptic ulcer showed alexithymic features. Despite their neurotic tendencies shown on the psychological tests, the patients with the suspicious type of chronic pancreatitis were socially better adjusted than those with irritable colon syndrome. It was also noted that the concept of alexithymia needs to be elucidated by including such factors as over-adaptation to the environment, certain distorted life habits and lack of bodily sensations.

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“…Formal psychoanalysis provides such a setting, but the difficulty in engaging these patients in the search for insight may be formi dable, considering the discipline and sacrifices that may be presented by for mal psychoanalysis. Attempts to modify the setting are currently being reported and include the following: (a) Group therapy both with formal and modified methods, (b) The provision of skilled in-patient therapy in a specially organized milieu as reported by Stephanos (1975) Wittich (1975 and others, (c) Co-operation with physicians and surgeons of an intense sort, such as appears to have been achieved by the Parisian group (Bonfils and de M'Uzan 1974), and in the psychosomatic centres in West Germany.…”

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Psychopathology and ‘Pseudo-Normality’ in Ulcerative Colitis

Jackson¹

1977

Psychother Psychosom

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Irritable bowel syndrome vs ulcerative colitis: Psychofunctional disturbance vs psychosomatic disease?

Cited by 12 publications

References 8 publications

Psychophysiologic disorders: a critical appraisal of concept and theory illustrated with reference to the irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)

Psychophysiologic disorders: a critical appraisal of concept and theory illustrated with reference to the irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)

Alexithymic Feature in Digestive Diseases

Psychopathology and ‘Pseudo-Normality’ in Ulcerative Colitis

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