[Biographical structure of illness and recovery processes. The recovery history of a women with epilepsy].
Medical treatment generally focuses on the elimination of symptoms. This study of an epileptic woman documents the importance of taking the patient's entire biography into consideration in order to attain a full understanding of the illness. The healing process, accordingly, is not an attempt to repress the symptoms by means of medical treatment. Instead the patient works through her life history, beginning with group therapy over an extended period; this process finally leads to psychic and clinical recovery. The regaining of psychic viability and the forming of future perspectives prove to be particularly important moderators in the recovery process.
Universität Bremen.
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008016:Life Change Events; D010553:Personality Development; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D012803:Sick Role
Biographische Strukturierung von Erkrankungs- und Gesundungsprozessen. Die Gesundungsegschichte einer an Epilepsie erkrankten Frau.