title: [Retinopathia centralis serosa--stomach ulcer of ophthalmology?].
abstract: Centralis serosa retinopathy is regarded in ophthalmology as a psychosomatic disease, although this assumption has not been satisfactorily proven so far. With the use of the Freiburg Personality Inventory (FIP, [4]), the questionnaire for the evaluation of psychosomatic pathological processes [10], and by recording the affliction undergone by stressful events in the patients' lives, the question as to whether a psychogenic contributory cause existed was examined with a control group study (n = 11), parallelised according to age and sex. The results proved significantly that there was a psychosomatic connection, specifically a tendency to somatisation in patients with centralis serosa retinopathy. However, it was not possible to compile a typical personality profile, although it was possible to describe some conspicuous personality features. As a conclusion, the consequences for a subsequent study are being discussed.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik, Universität Halle-Wittenberg.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bahrke
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krause
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Walliser
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bandemer-Greulich
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goldhahn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012162:Retinal Degeneration / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000523:psychology*
vernacular_title: Retinopathia centralis serosa--Magengeschwür der Augenheilkunde?