title: [Work disability and the granting of pensions in psychogenic rheumatic diseases].
abstract: This paper is the result of a symposium that addressed the problem of disablement and social pension for patients with psychosomatic-rheumatological complaints. This especially concerns patients suffering from psychosomatic manifestation at the locomotor apparatus, who are increasingly disabled and necessitating a pension, without actual somatic findings justifying a vocational disablement. Primarily it is a clinical picture of a generalized tendomyopathy, often underestimated in its importance. Definitions, causes, and clinical pictures are presented. A critical phase decisive for the disablement, the personality of the would-be pensioner, considerations for the physician regarding diagnostic and therapeutic efforts, elements of time and environment, and conditions at the work-place are discussed. In some cases a pension will be unavoidable and justifiable, even if the somatic findings seem not to be sufficient. The psychogenic picture must be carefully determined differentiated from simulation; determining the cause of aggravation is essential.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mathies
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D004608:Eligibility Determination; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D010415:Pensions; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology
vernacular_title: Das Problem der Arbeitsunfähigkeit und Berentung bei psychogenen rheumatischen Erkrankungen.