Endometriose

In: Psychotherapie: Therapiegestaltung & Praxismanagement · 2025 · pp. 33–47 · doi:10.1007/978-3-662-72284-8_4 · W4416338691
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This chapter introduces endometriosis, detailing its prevalence, causes, and symptoms, then explores its psychosocial impacts and therapeutic interventions.

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This chapter in a psychology-practice text studies the clinical and psychosocial picture of endometriosis, summarizing epidemiology, causes, and symptoms, and describing typical biopsychosocial burdens and consequences with practical examples. It then provides information on exploration, screening, and diagnostics specifically within psychotherapeutic practice, followed by an overview of both psychotherapeutic and medical treatment options. A major caveat is that the excerpt presents a narrative overview without detailing original study design, sample characteristics, or empirical effect estimates for the recommendations. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — it focuses on endometriosis symptom burden, psychosocial impacts, diagnostic approaches in psychotherapy, and treatment options.

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Zusammenfassung Dieses Kapitel beginnt mit einer Einführung in das Beschwerdebild der Endometriose und gibt einen Überblick über Prävalenz, Ursachen und Symptome. Danach werden typische mit Endometriose einhergehende biopsychosoziale Belastungen und Folgen erläutert und mit Praxisbeispielen illustriert. Es folgen Informationen und Empfehlungen zu Exploration, Screening und Diagnostik in der psychotherapeutischen Praxis. Abschliessend wird ein Überblick über psychotherapeutische und medizinische Behandlungsmöglichkeiten bei Endometriose gegeben. Access this chapter Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout Purchases are for personal use only Similar content being viewed by others Literatur As-Sanie, S., Shafrir, A. L., Halvorson, L., Chawla, R., Hughes, R., & Merz, M. (2024). The burden of pelvic pain associated with endometriosis among women in selected European countries and the United States: A restricted systematic review. 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Development of an endometriosis quality-of-life instrument: The endometriosis health profile-30. Obstetrics & Gynecology, 98(2), 258–264. Erwerbbar auf der Homepage der University of Oxford. Author information Authors and Affiliations Rights and permissions Copyright information © 2025 Der/die Autor(en), exklusiv lizenziert an Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE, ein Teil von Springer Nature About this chapter Cite this chapter Yamanaka, M., Eisenegger, L. (2025). Endometriose. In: Gynäkopsychologie in der psychotherapeutischen Praxis. Psychotherapie: Therapiegestaltung & Praxismanagement. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-72284-8_4 Download citation DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-72284-8_4 Published: Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg Print ISBN: 978-3-662-72283-1 Online ISBN: 978-3-662-72284-8 eBook Packages: Psychology (German Language)

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