title: Features of color reflection in psychogenic pain in patients with somatoform disorders during psychotherapeutic treatment.
abstract: The present work examines the change in color reflection in psychogenic pain in patients with somatoform disorders (SFD) during psychotherapeutic treatment, for which empatho-techniques were used. At the start and end of the course the psychophysiological condition was determined according to psychological parameters and assessment of bioelectrical brain activity. All initial indicators for the patients significantly differed from those for the healthy subjects. At the same time, color reflection in the psychogenic pain was characterised by colors in the longwave part of the spectrum, in contradistinction to healthy subjects for whom achromatic and shortwave colors predominated. After the completed course patients with SFD had a significant improvement of all psychophysiological indicators and a lack of color reflectons in the longwave part of the spectrum. The data obtained permits the proposition that there exists a link between the psychogenic pain, its color reflection and anxiety, and also changes in the functional condition of the CNS.
authors.affiliation: Wallenberg Institute of Special Education and Special Psychology, Russia. vaishinova687@yandex.ru
authors.forename: Vera A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Ishinova
authors.forename: Irina A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Svyatogor
authors.forename: Tatiana N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Reznikova
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D001326:Autogenic Training / Q000379:methods; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D003118:Color Perception / Q000502:physiology; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D059408:Pain Management; D010147:Pain Measurement; D011603:Psychophysiology; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D055815:Young Adult