Acute Pancreatitis as a Psychophysiologic Response: A Case Study
LARRY E. TRIPP M.D.1, and
DAVID P. AGLE M.D.2
1 Instructor, department of psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, Tex, 75235
2 Instructor, department of psychiatry, Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
A 30-year-old man experienced episodes of acute recurrent pancreatitis; documented episodes were accompanied by a specific psychologic conflict and its specific affects of guilt, anger, and feelings of rejection. The author concludes that the pancreatitis occurred as a psychophysiologic response and as part of a total psychiatric disorder.
