Advanced Psychosomatic Research in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Front Matter....Pages I-XV
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
On the Wish to Become an “Admired” Child: Psychoanalytical Aspects of Man-to-Woman Transsexuality....Pages 117-125
Psychosocial Aspects of Hysterectomy....Pages 71-75
Body Image After Hysterectomy: Time Is Honey....Pages 76-81
Disturbed Body Image and Desire for Self-Damage: Development of Adolescent Female Patients with an Artifact Syndrome....Pages 127-132
Idiopathic Pelvic Pain, Depression, and Body Image....Pages 83-88
Psychosomatic-Psychotherapeutic Approach to Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women....Pages 89-95
Chronic Pelvic Pain and Sexuality in Woman....Pages 96-102
Body Image and Sexuality in Urinary Incontinence....Pages 103-109
Psychologic Morbidity in Survivors of Gynecologic Cancer....Pages 3-15
Tumor Stage, Quality of Life, and Coping in Breast Cancer Patients....Pages 16-21
Coping Strategies in Breast Cancer Patients: Are They Related to Patients’ Concepts About the Etiology?....Pages 22-28
Postmastectomy Depression: Role of Self-esteem....Pages 29-34
Modified Mastectomy and Body Image....Pages 35-38
How Can the Gynecologist Help the Cancer Patient in Restoring Her Disturbed Body Image?....Pages 39-41
Plastic Surgery and Body Image....Pages 43-47
Breast Reconstruction and Body Image: Psychotherapeutic Aspects....Pages 48-55
Psychiatric Diagnoses, Personality Structures, and Psychodynamics in Women with the Desire for Plastic Surgery....Pages 56-60
Psychoendocrinological Findings in Patients with Hirsutism....Pages 111-116
Change of Body Image After Childbirth....Pages 61-65
Postpartum Psychiatric Admissions....Pages 66-69
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Disturbed Body Image of a Borderline Patient: Case History with Pictures....Pages 133-142
Front Matter....Pages 143-143
Psychological Studies in the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome....Pages 175-180
Primary Dysmenorrhea in a Learning-Theoretical Perspective....Pages 197-203
Psychosomatic Aspects of Dysmenorrhea....Pages 204-209
Secondary Amenorrhea Syndrome — Diagnosis and Psychosomatic Treatment....Pages 155-167
Secondary Amenorrhea and Loss of Weight....Pages 168-174
Psychological Findings in Hyperprolactinemia: A Critical Review....Pages 181-184
Woman, Life, and Blood: Psychosomatic Bleeding....Pages 211-215
The Anorectic Woman: Abnormal Body Experience and Adolescence....Pages 145-153
Premenstrual Tension: A Review of Psychological and Endocrinological Studies....Pages 185-192
Systems Analysis of the Histories of 50 Women with Severe Premenstrual Syndrome and 40 Comparison Women....Pages 193-196
Front Matter....Pages 217-217
Biological Aspects of Menopause and Senium....Pages 219-229
Men and Women Between the Ages of 40 and 60 Years: Sociopsychosomatic Aspects....Pages 231-241
Treatment and Guidance of the Climacteric Woman....Pages 243-246
Women’s Reaction to the Menopause....Pages 247-250
Psychosomatic Urology in the Climacteric....Pages 251-255
Sexuality in Old Age....Pages 257-262