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Query: UMLS:C0014848 (achalasia)
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Data on clinico-catamnestic examinations of 50 patients with achalasia of the cardia are presented. An analysis of the premorbid features has made it possible to reveal three basic groups of psychopathological disturbances, and, namely, a group with prevalence of neurosis-like disturbances, a group with hysterical traits of the character, and a group of patients with affective swings. It is noted that as long as the achalasia develops, the pre-morbid features are transformed to neurosis-like, hysteriform, and depressive syndromes. The rightfullness of differentiation of those syndromes has been confirmed by psychological examinations (by the MMPI method). Therapeutic recommendations on using psychotropic means and psychotherapy for treating the cardia achalasia are presented.
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PMID:[Mental disorders in achalasia of the cardia (cardiospasm) and principles for treating them]. 685 18

In peptic ulcer, ulcerative colitis and achalasia of the esophagus there is usually an important emotional component, the significance of which in the etiology of these diseases is not yet known, but which has a profound effect on the course and severity of symptoms. None of these diseases can successfully be treated without consideration of this aspect and it must be dealt with by a general physician rather than a psychiatrist, in most instances. Eighty per cent of the purely functional disorders of the gastrointestinal tract are manifestations of neurosis. The results of treatment in these cases should be good if correctly undertaken early in the course of the disease. The author believes that many gastrointestinal neuroses which have become intractable are such because of improper treatment at the onset, and are thus iatrogenic.
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PMID:Emotional component in gastrointestinal disorders. 1316 Aug 16