EMOTIONAL FACTORS IN ORGANIC DISEASE
Authors: W C MENNINGER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1949)

Article1 August 1949EMOTIONAL FACTORS IN ORGANIC DISEASEWILLIAM C. MENNINGER, M.D., F.A.C.P.WILLIAM C. MENNINGER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-31-2-207 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe scope implied in the title—emotional factors in organic disease—is comparable to that of a discussion of "chemical factors in organic disease." This presentation is therefore made on the assumption that this group of internists with superior ability and experience, recognizes that emotional factors may indirectly cause and frequently do aggravate organic lesions. The psychiatrist's responsibility should be to indicate the relation of certain types of emotions to the organic process and what the internist can and should do about them. Therefore, it shall be my attempt to point out some of the relationships of emotion and soma, to report...Bibliography1. JELLIFFE SE: Psychoanalysis and internal medicine, in Psychoanalysis Today: Its Scope and Function, edited by Lorand, International University Press, New York, 1944, page 17. Google Scholar2. WOLFPFEIFFERRIPLEYWINTERWOLFF SJBHSOSHG: Hypertension as a reaction pattern to stress; summary of experimental data on variations in blood pressure and renal blood flow, Ann. Int. Med., 1948, xxix, 1056-1076. Google Scholar3. BINGERACKERMANCOHNSCHROEDERSTEELE CANWAEHAJM: Personality and arterial hypertension, Am. Soc. Res. in Psychosom. Problems, New York, 1945. Google Scholar4. MENNINGERMENNINGER KAWC: Psychoanalytic observations in cardiac disorders, Am. Heart Jr., 1936, xi, 10-21. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. WOLFF HG: Headache and other head pain, 1948, Oxford University Press, New York, p. 348. Google Scholar6. ALEXANDERFRENCH FTM: Studies in psychosomatic medicine, 1948, Ronald Press Co., New York. Google Scholar7. MITTELMANNWOLFF BHG: Emotions and gastro-duodenal function: experimental studies on patients with gastritis and duodenitis and peptic ulcer, Psychosom. Med., 1942, iv, 5-61. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. SZASZ TS: The role of hostility in the pathogenesis of peptic ulcer: theoretical considerations with the report of a case, Psychosom. Med., 1947, ix, 331-336. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. ALEXANDERBACONWILSONLEVEYLEVINE FCGWHBM: Influence of psychologic factors upon gastrointestinal disturbances: a symposium, Psychoanalyt. Quart., 1934, iii, 501-588. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. PORTIS SA: Idiopathic ulcerative colitis, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1949, cxxxix, 208-213. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. GERARD MW: Bronchial asthma in children, The Nervous Child, 1946, v, 327-331. Google Scholar12. DANIELS GE: The role of the emotions in the onset and course of diabetes, Psychosom. Med., 1948, x, 288-290. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. LIDZWHITEHORN TJC: Psychiatric problems in a thyroid clinic, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1949, cxxxix, 698-701. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. JOHNSONSHAPIROALEXANDER ALBF: Preliminary report on a psychosomatic study of rheumatoid arthritis, Psychosom. Med., 1947, ix, 295-300. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. SAUL LJ: A clinical note on a mechanism of psychogenic back pain, Psychosom. Med., 1941, iii, 190-191. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. GOTTESMANMENNINGER AHKA: The dermatologist and the psychiatrist, Arch. Dermat. and Syphil., 1949, and Bull. Menninger Clin., 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar17. MILLER ML: A psychological study of a case of eczema and a case of neuro-dermatitis, Psychosom. Med., 1942, iv, 82-93. CrossrefGoogle Scholar18. WEISSKLEINBART EM: Psychosomatic aspects of arterial hypertension, Penn. Med. Jr., 1946, xlix, 1321-1326. Google Scholar19. HART AD: Psychosomatic diagnosis, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1948, cxxxvi, 147-152. CrossrefGoogle Scholar20. KATZENELBOGEN S: Iatrogenic factors in disease, Dis. Nerv. System, 1941, ii, 342-345. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Topeka, Kansas*Presented at Thirtieth Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, New York, N. Y., March 31, 1949. Nextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byClinical Challenge of Functional Gastrointestinal DisordersThe Medical Management of Duodenal Ulcer Examined in the Light of Current Etiologic Concepts 1 August 1949Volume 31, Issue 2Page: 207-215KeywordsEmotionsLesions ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1949 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright, 1949, by The American College of PhysiciansPDF downloadLoading ...