Über die Beziehungen der Fettsucht zu Psyche und Nervensystem

Sudden Obesity and Psychological Trauma

“…Bruch (1940) quotes Lichtwitz (1923) as observing during and after the 1914-18 war rapidly developing obesity in women who had been under severe mental stress. Lutzenkirchen (1924) described the case of a woman of 29 who developed adiposity, diabetes insipidus, genital atrophy, and amenorrhoea after serious psychic traumata of long duration.…”

Rethinking Causality, Complexity and Evidence for the Unique Patient

“…Here are some episodes from medical science to illustrate the evidence. In 1940, psychiatrist Hilde Bruch quoted Lichtwitz (1923) as observing rapidly developing obesity in women who had been under severe mental stress during and after the 1914-1918 war. However, it seems that this observation was not taken into the internal medical discussions on causality in the 1920's, when quite a lot of medical research was done on the causal factors of obesity.…”

Psychosomatik der Adipositas

“…Das psychische Trauma, Kummer und Sorgen, die durch finanziel le Rückschläge, Tod der Eltern, Geburt eines Kindes, entstanden sind, werden körperlichen Entwicklungen gleichwertig gegenübergestellt und sollen eine Gleichgewichtsstörung im neuroendokrinen System verursa chen [Bauer, 1927;Bertram, 1950;Lichtwitz, 1923;Kehrer, 1947;u. a.].…”