title: [Psychosomatic findings in patients with contact granuloma--initial results].
abstract: In a prospective study, 33 patients with vocal cord granulomas were seen in a psychosomatic interview and given questionnaires. Results showed the significance of psychosomatic factors in the occurrence of vocal cord granulomas. Psycho-social stress situations, particularly in private lives, and losses of emotionally significant persons were of prime importance. Two types of personalities--a narcissistic and a psychosomatic type--were represented about equally. In the personality structure of the patients, compulsive behavior was diagnosed most frequently while depressive features occurred to a lesser degree. Supportive and expressive psychotherapy was indicated in two thirds of the cases.
authors.affiliation: Klinisches Institut, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Mans
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Kühn
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lamprecht-Dinnesen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006102:Granuloma, Laryngeal / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications; D014827:Vocal Cords