Therapy for a hysteria

therapy

The Therapy for hysteria in a sense begins with the first contact. Conversion disorders are usually only discovered after months and after consulting all possible specialists. The reason for this is often that the suspicion that the patient's suffering is "only psychologically“, Leads to the fact that the advice seeker feels neither understood nor taken seriously. For this reason, it is important to approach the patient carefully about this possibility and to choose the right words for it. The patient must not feel perceived as “guilty of the disease”.

In addition, the anamnese hysteria not only according to the nature of the physical symptoms, but also according to possible current problems or e.g. a psychiatric history should be asked. If there is a well-founded suspicion of conversion disorders, specialists such as psychiatrists must be involved in the process diagnosis and the therapy be included. In the best case scenario, nothing is hidden from the patient. The choice of words is particularly important, as is a trusting relationship between doctor and patient.

Many patients, who have not been helped for a long time, are actually relieved when they actually get a diagnosis. The therapy consists mainly of psychotherapy, i.e. therapeutic conversation. Also Behavior therapythat tries to train positive behavior is used. Medication like antidepressant should only be prescribed intermittently, if at all, and then only when the patient is depressed.