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Mittelmann, Bela; Wolff, Harold G.; and Scharf, Margaret P. Emotions and Gastroduodenal Function.
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1. Mittelmann, Bela; Wolff, Harold G.; and Scharf, Margaret P. Emotions and Gastroduodenal Function.—Experimental studies on patients with gastritis, duodenitis, and peptic ulcer comprise this paper. There were 30 unselected cases of peptic ulcer and three with gastritis and duodenitis. Personality features were various and precipitating incidents were numerous. The reactions of intense anxiety, insecurity, resentment, guilt and frustration obtained in all. Compensating efforts to bolster self-esteem by a show of independence, self-sufficiency, and perfectionism were common. It was evident that the mucosal lesion was not responsible for the major emotional conflicts. It was possible to demonstrate a chronological parallelism between the onset, recrudescence and course of gastroduodenal symptoms, and the occurrence of uptoward emotional reactions. The situations may not be dramatic but were important to the patient due to the existing emotional frame. Experimental situations were created to confirm this. Records were made of utterances and behaviour and simultaneous records were made of the motility and secretions of the stomach, and of the finger temperature and respiration. These were viewed as coincident aspects of behavior in reaction to life situations.
2. Moulton, Ruth. A Psychosomatic Study of Anorexia Nervos