[Psychogenic vocalizations].
In the first case we are dealing with an eight year old boy who made grunting noises. The second case describes a seventeen year old school girl who suffered from barking coughing attacks. It should be pointed out that the symptoms mentioned had been already observed several months before a diagnosis was made. The actual cause in both cases could be traced back to a disturbed family situation. After a specialized treatment with individual and group discussion as well as the recommendation for behaviour-patterns the complete disappearance of symptoms could be noted in both patients. The pathomechanism was probably a conscious reaction to family conflicts which, however, continued subconsciously after therapy.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003371:Cough / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000209:etiology; D012931:Social Environment; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications
Psychogene Lautäusserungen.