A Report of Multiple Periodic Anniversary Reactions in One Individual
Authors: JAMES H. EARLS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1963)

Case Studies1 March 1963A Report of Multiple Periodic Anniversary Reactions in One IndividualJAMES H. EARLS, STEWART WOLF, M.D., F.A.C.P.JAMES H. EARLSSearch for more papers by this author, STEWART WOLF, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-58-3-530 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDespite the widespread interest in bodily disorders occurring repeatedly on the anniversary of emotionally distressing events, there have been comparatively few reports of the anniversary reaction in the literature since its original description by Hilgard in 1953 (1). The present case report concerns one patient with 3 anniversary reactions each recurring periodically. The reactions involved the respiratory system, gastrointestinal tract, and the integument.CASE REPORTA 72-year-old woman came to the Oklahoma University Medical Center in March, 1962, with the complaints of hay fever each August for the past 38 years, diarrhea each July for the past 20 years, and...References1. HILGARD JR: Anniversary reactions in parents precipitated by children. Psychiatry 16: 73, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. BRESSLER B: Ulcerative colitis as an anniversary symptom. Psychoanal. Rev. 43: 381, 1956. MedlineGoogle Scholar3. DLIN BM: Emotional factors in coronary occlusion. Canad. Psychiat. Ass. J. 5: 49, 1960. MedlineGoogle Scholar4. WEISSDLINROLLINFISCHERBEPLER EWBMHRHKCR: Emotional factors in coronary occlusion. I. Introduction and general summary. Arch. Intern. Med. (Chicago) 99: 628, 1957. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. HILGARDNEWMANFISK JRMFF: Strength of adult ego and childhood bereavement. Amer. J. Orthopsychiat. 30: 788, 1960. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. SCHMALE AH: Relationship of separation and depression to disease. Psychosom. Med. 20: 259, 1958. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. Editorial: Periodic disease. Lancet 1: 565, 1948. Google Scholar8. REIMANN HA: Periodic disease: a probable syndrome including periodic fever, benign paroxysmal peritonitis, cyclic neutropenia and intermittent arthraligia. JAMA 136: 239, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. REIMANN HA, Periodic disease. Medicine (Balt.) 30: 219, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. REIMANNMOADIESEMERDJIANSCHYOUN HAJSPF: Periodic peritonitis—hereditary and pathology: report of 72 cases. JAMA 154: 1254, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11. REIMANNANGELIDES HAAP: Periodic arthralgia in twenty-three members of five generations of a family. JAMA 146: 713, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar12. ANDREWS EJ: Moon talk—the cyclic periodicity of postoperative hemorrhage. J. Florida Med. Ass. 46: 1362, 1960. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: JAMES H. EARLS; STEWART WOLF, M.D., F.A.C.P.Affiliations: Oakland, CaliforniaRequests for reprints should be addressed to Stewart Wolf, M.D., University of Oklahoma Medical Center, 800 Northeast Thirteenth Street, Oklahoma City 4, Oklahoma. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byConstructivist Correlates to Anniversary Reactions Across Bereavement and Sexual ViolenceDo Special Occasions Trigger Psychological Distress Among Older Bereaved Spouses? An Empirical Assessment of Clinical WisdomAnticipatory Anniversary Effects and Bereavement: Development of an Integrated Explanatory ModelPsychic Death: Behavioral Types and Physiological ParallelsA Family Perspective of Psychosomatic Factors in Illness: A Review of the Literature 1 March 1963Volume 58, Issue 3Page: 530-533KeywordsDiarrheaEmotionsFeversGastrointestinal tractRespiratory system ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 March 1963 PDF downloadLoading ...