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Psychosomatic Medicine 16:67-76 (1954)
© 1954 American Psychosomatic Society

Some Psychosomatic Considerations in Addison's Disease

Report of a Case

ROBERT S. WALLERSTEIN M.D.1, RICHARD L. SUTHERLAND M.D.2, and JOSEPH LYONS PH.D.1

1 Neuropsychiatric Service of the Winter Veterans Administration Hospital Topeka, Kansas
2 Neuropsychiatric Service of the Winter Veterans Administration Hospital Topeka, Kansas. Present address: 2950 Webster Street, Oakland 9, California

The possible interrelationships of psychic functioning, mental illness, and adrenocortical functioning have been discussed, and the literature on the subject reviewed. An extensive psychiatric study of an individual with well-established Addison's disease has been presented together with some psychodynamic considerations based on this material. A parallel has been suggested between the psychological organization and its behavioral manifestations evolved to meet life's stresses on the one hand, and the symptom complex imposed by the structural defect and the failure of the adrenocortical function on the other hand. Some extrapolations from this data have been offered. Further attempts at such correlative studies seem indicated.

Submitted on May 2, 1952






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