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[Pruritus as a psychic phenomenon (author's transl)]. 1981

I Rechenberger

Pruritus is a psychosomatic phenomenon which may be triggered physically and has psychic consequences. Pruritus may, however, also be triggered psychically and have a physical substrate as a consequence. The present study attempts to contribute to the understanding of the psychic origin of itching. Itching is considered as an affect and an analogy with behaviour patterns from the animal kingdom is pointed out. If the doctor perceives his patient's affects he can by interpretation help the patient to perceive unconscious affects and thus to recognize the cause of the itch. The symptom may then disappear.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D010817	Physician-Patient Relations	The interactions between physician and patient.	Doctor-Patient Relations,Doctor Patient Relations,Physician Patient Relations,Physician Patient Relationship,Doctor Patient Relation,Doctor-Patient Relation,Physician Patient Relation,Physician Patient Relationships,Physician-Patient Relation,Relation, Doctor Patient,Relation, Doctor-Patient,Relation, Physician Patient,Relation, Physician-Patient,Relations, Doctor Patient,Relations, Doctor-Patient,Relations, Physician Patient,Relations, Physician-Patient,Relationship, Physician Patient,Relationships, Physician Patient
D011537	Pruritus	An intense itching sensation that produces the urge to rub or scratch the skin to obtain relief.	Itching,Pruritis
D011602	Psychophysiologic Disorders	A group of disorders characterized by physical symptoms that are affected by emotional factors and involve a single organ system, usually under AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM control. (American Psychiatric Glossary, 1988)	Psychosomatic Disorders,Psychophysiological Disorders,Psychophysiologic Disorder,Psychophysiological Disorder,Psychosomatic Disorder
D004485	Eczema	A dermatitis characterized by a spongiotic tissue reaction pattern occurring as a reaction to many endogenous and exogenous agents.	Dermatitis, Eczematous,Eczematous Dermatitis
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000339	Affect	The feeling-tone accompaniment of an idea or mental representation. It is the most direct psychic derivative of instinct and the psychic representative of the various bodily changes by means of which instincts manifest themselves.	Mood,Affects,Moods
D014473	Unconscious, Psychology	Those forces and content of the mind which are not ordinarily available to conscious awareness or to immediate recall.	Psychological Unconscious,Subconscious,Unconscious (Psychology),Psychology Unconscious,Unconscious, Psychological