Psychosomatic Aspects

Brigitte Leeners
In: Endometriosis · 2011 · pp. 533–547 · doi:10.1002/9781444398519.ch53 · W2914991157
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Endometriosis negatively impacts women's body perception, self-esteem, relationships, sexuality, and mental health, necessitating the integration of psychosocial support into treatment models.

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Current therapeutic options allow successful treatment in only some of the women presenting with endometriosis. Pain, fatigue/exhaustion, intensive and repeated therapies, concentration on the disease, as well as inadequate doctor–patient relationships lead to a variety of consequences for body perception, self-esteem, partnership/social contacts, sexuality and psychic well-being. Difficulties in becoming pregnant represent a further central problem in dealing with endometriosis. Therefore, psychosocial aspects should be integrated into current somatically orientated models of medical support.

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