Chronic pancreatitis as psychosomatic disorder.
69 patients with chronic pancreatitis, which were classified as the definite type and the suspicious type, were studied psychosomatically. The comparative analysis between the two types were examined. It was concluded that the suspicious type, classified as the 'actual psychosomatic disease', was primarily related to psychosomatic factors, while the definite type, classified as 'character psychosomatic disease', was primarily related to and manifested as chronic alcohol-drinking habits.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D010551:Personality; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders; D012737:Sex Factors