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The objective of this article was to study individual capabilities of intrapsychic processing psycho-traumatic events and their impact on somatic health. Clinical characteristics of bronchial asthma patients and those with ulcerous disease were compared. General pathological background for development of psihosomatic pathology was identified.
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Asthma/psychology , Psychophysiologic Disorders/pathology , Ulcer/psychology , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Asthma/pathology , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Psychophysiologic Disorders/etiology , Ulcer/pathologyABSTRACT
The objective of this article was to study the interrelationships between long emotional stress and gastroenterological diseases (cirrhosis of liver, chronic hepatitis, chronic cholecystitis, ulcerous disease, chronic colitis, ulcerative colitis). The psychological well-being among Abkhazian refugees and their health problems have been investigated. It was found relationship between psychological problems and clinical outcomes in patients with gastroenterological diseases. Emotional stress contributes to gastroenterological illness.
