Psychoonkologie - Versuch einer Wegbegleitung

Abstract: Cancer has always been regarded as a psychosomatic disease - since the history of medical has been written down, with the exception of the last 100 years, where cancer has been reduced to the cell by Virchow's cellular pathology.Le Shan, a psychoanalyst, discovered that 70 % of his patients showed a characteristic pattern of living and behaviour.During the psychotherapeutic concomitant therapy the following was observed by careful studies: the average survival time has been doubled the quality of life has been improved, it has been easier for the patients to die and the pain medication has been reduced.When mentally handling the disease, the patient and his environment experience characteristic phases of grief: a phase of shock where they do not want to accept the disease, emerging chaotic emotions, phase of searching, finding and separating.Important aids during the concomitant therapy are visualization, respiratory therapy and artistic therapy.What is important, is the personal attitude of the therapeutist.lf we do not only regard cancer as an unfair punishment but as a message, which can accelerate the personal development very much, cancer can become the biggest chance in the life of the patient.

Keyword(s): Psychoonkologie

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