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Problems in psychotherapy of two neurotic patients with a chronic disease involving risk to life: case report

KATARZYNA SKULIMOWSKA¹, MAŁGORZATA SIWAK-KOBAYASHI¹, ELŻBIETA GALIŃSKA¹

1. II Kliniki Psychiatrycznej AM w Łodzi

Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii, 2000, suplement 3 (11), 121-128

Keywords: systemic scleroderma, hepatocirrhosis, social phobia, mechanism of denial

Abstract

The paper presents two patients with neurotic disorders and a chronic somatic diseaseinvolving risk to life (systemic sclerodermaand hepatocirrhosis with esophageal varicose veins).Problems related to their treatment are discussed,with particular emphasis on therapy goals and difficultiesin the course of psychotherapy.

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Address for correspondence:
Dr Katarzyna Skulimowska, Klinika Nerwic Instytutu Psychiatrii i Neurologii,
Al. Sobieskiego 1/9, 02-957 Warszawa