title: [Psychological aspects of ulcerative rectocolitis (author's transl)].
abstract: Ulcerative rectocolitis has been known for quite some time as a psychosomatic disease, it is an organic disease occurring in people with a particular personality rendering them susceptible to certain conflicts or stress which would be able to play a causing role in the appearance or exacerbations of the disease. Insofar as the psychological study is concerned, there are two important points to keep in mind: the role of psychological trauma as a stimulating factor and the basic personality. In 90% of the cases observed, psychological factors are found as provoking the hemorrage, as found by Groen and confirmed by the author. The basic personality is generally the obsessional type with a hypersensibility to rejection and hostility, sometimes of a paranoid dimension. The aggressivity is almost always repressed. The doctor-patient relationship indicates an important dependency as well as a passivity on the part of the patient. Furthermore, these patients rarely express their feelings, even if their behavior is indicative of experiencing intense emotion. By further experimentation, it has been established that these patients have a greater neuro-vegetative fragility than controls, thus demonstrating a greater vulnerability to stress. A pathological relationship between mother and child has almost always been proven. Finally, the principal causal psychological factor in this disease seems to be a relational conflict unresolved between specific figures. The role of psychotherapy influences greatly the disease evolution. the author recounts an interesting research of 900 ulcerative colitis patients, undertaken by O'Connor. In order to insure favorable therapeutic results in ulcerative rectocolitis, one must carefully coordinate a psychological and somatic treatment.
mesh_terms: D003082:Colectomy; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000209:etiology; D003193:Compulsive Personality Disorder; D003859:Dependent Personality Disorder; D006801:Humans; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D010551:Personality; D011350:Proctocolitis / Q000628:therapy; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000150:complications; D013315:Stress, Psychological
vernacular_title: Aspect psychologique de la recto-colite hémorragique