title: Three cases of cardiospasm treated successfully with psychotherapy. Catamnestic remarks.
abstract: 3 cases of cardiospasm successfully treated by psychotherapy are reported and some catamnestic conclusions and remarks are given after a follow-up of the patients for 10, 9 and 8 years, respectively. Unlike the clinical symptomatology, which was almost identical in all 3 cases, the precipitating factors, the deeper meaning and the unconscious symbolism of the symptoms were quite different but specific for each one of the patients. Some more thoughts are also given in the paper with reference to the clinical criteria to be considered when evaluating the final therapeutic results of the technique of the therapy applied.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004931:Esophageal Achalasia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D011613:Psychotherapy