Psychology and Biography of Patients with Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease — A Study (Part 2)
5.1 Summary
Summing up, we’d like to present the following [10 points] for discussion:
In patients with chronic intestinal disease, not only the morphology bu also the psychic spere show much that is similar both in essence and in biographical terms. The suggests that similar changes occur due to the disease.
There is some probablilty that the common features we observed in colitis patients were due to involvement of the colon. In particular we would connect the distribution of superficial morphological changes doe to inflammation with the typical psychological situation. Similarly, …
The fact that there were a number of instances where patients with Chron’s disease showed the psychological features of colitis patients, may be connected with he observation that the colon was also involved in these patients.
[See points 4-10 via PDF download.]
Klaus Fischer
Original title: Colitis ulcerosa- und Morbus Crohn-Patienten in psychischer und biographischer Hinsicht - eine Studie, Teil II
Der Merkurstab 1989;42(5):267-286.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14271/DMS-15472-DE
English by Anna R. Meuss, FIL, MITI.
This translation is published with the kind permission of the journal Der Merkurstab.
JAM Vol. 9(4), Winter 1992
Citation: Fischer, K., & Grosshans, S. (1992). Psychology and Biography of Patients with Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease—A Study (Part 2) (A. R. Meuss, Trans.). Journal of Anthroposophic Medicine, 9(4), 1–20.