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Psychoneuroendokrinologie

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Psychiatrie der Gegenwart 1

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Bereits im Corpus Hippokratum (5. Jh. v. Chr.) wird darauf verwiesen, daß bestimmte psychische Störungen ihren Ursprung in einer zugrunde liegenden biologischen Störung haben. In diesem Zusammenhang wurden gemäß der Theorie der Humoralpathologie auch die psychischen Störungen als unausgewogene Mischung (Dyskrasie) von schwarzer und gelber Galle, Schleim und Blut gedeutet, wobei es bei der Melancholie zu einen Überwiegen der „schwarzen Galle“ kommt. Bereits hier deutet sich ein humorales Verständnis psychischer Auffälligkeiten an. In Abgrenzung von dieser scholastisch verstandenen Medizin sah sich Paracelsus (1491–1541), der den Grundstein für die Entwicklung der im 17. Jh. bedeutenden Iatrochemie legte, die den Menschen als chemisches System auffaßte und daher auch mit Chemikalien kurierte. Mit seiner Feststellung über den Zusammenhang zwischen Kropf und Kretinismus verband er erstmals endokrinologische Veränderungen mit psychischen Auffälligkeiten.

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  1. Psychiatrische Klinik, Freie Universität Berlin, Eschenallee 3, D-14050, Berlin, Germany

    Hanfried Helmchen

  2. Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit, Postfach 12 21 20, D-68072, Mannheim, Germany

    Fritz Henn

  3. Stievestraße 5, D-80369, München, Germany

    Hans Lauter

  4. Département de Psychiatrie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Boulevard St.-Georges 16–18, CH-1205, Genève, Switzerland

    Norman Sartorius

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Heuser, I. (1999). Psychoneuroendokrinologie. In: Helmchen, H., Henn, F., Lauter, H., Sartorius, N. (eds) Psychiatrie der Gegenwart 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60174-3_8

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