Psychological aspects of endocrine disease

This review illustrates how an innovative psychoneuroendocrine approach to endocrine patients may improve their management. Important psychological issues pertain to all the different phases of an endocrine disorder. Before disease onset, stressful life events may play a pathogenetic role and, toget...

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Published inThe Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Vol. 45; no. 1; pp. 55 - 59
Main Authors Sonino, N, Guidi, J, Fava, G A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Scotland 01.01.2015
Subjects
Anxiety - etiology
Bipolar Disorder - etiology
Depression - etiology
Endocrine System Diseases - psychology
Humans
Morale
Quality of Life
Stress, Psychological - etiology
anxiety
stress
endocrine disease
depression
quality of life
hormones
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Summary:This review illustrates how an innovative psychoneuroendocrine approach to endocrine patients may improve their management. Important psychological issues pertain to all the different phases of an endocrine disorder. Before disease onset, stressful life events may play a pathogenetic role and, together with chronic stress, may contribute to a cumulative burden also called allostatic load; psychological and psychiatric symptoms are common both in the prodromal and in the active phase of illness; after cure or remission, there could be residual symptoms and impaired quality of life that deserve attention. All these aspects should be taken into consideration and introduced in current endocrine care and practice.
ISSN:1478-2715
2042-8189
DOI:10.4997/JRCPE.2015.113