Psychosomatische Frauenheilkunde

The psychosomatic perspective offers the adequate method in face of the particularities of gynaecologic tasks and the expectations of women. Every patient comes not only with her illness as an acute and pressing issue into the treatment situation, but brings with her the sum of her previous experiences about her own body and about the medical institutions. The more conscious the doctor-patient-relationship, the less the risk of violations of personal limits which could trigger interpersonal conflicts and problems. The gynaecologist accompanies the normal bodily development, too. So she/he is an advisor in various life-periods as adolescence, pregnancy and childbirth or the menopause and senium. This very special relationship between doctor and patient offered the ground for integrating psychosomatics into gynaecological practice. The theoretical basis of psychosomatic gynaecology includes several models which can be applied to the one or the other illness. We assume a complex, multifactorial and interdependent event where biological, organic, psychodynamic and sociological factors are interacting. From historical and feminist perspective interesting developments can be traced about "what makes women ill". Psychosomatic symptoms may be seen as disturbances of interpersonal relationships on the background of the indidvidual life history and they may be understood as socially co-determinated. For the theory of psychosomatic gynaecology this means, that the bodily, social and psychic differences between women and men should be considered and theoretically reflected. In the future, specific strains of women as expressed in psychosomatic-gynaecological symptoms need further investigation.     

Entwicklung eines Curriculums für psychosomatische Grundversorgung in Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe

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Death qualification and conviction proneness: witt and witherspoon compared

A survey of registered voters in Fayette County, Kentucky compared the Witt and Witherspoon death qualification standards focusing primarily on the death penalty attitudes and criminal justice system orientations of excludable and death-qualified potential jurors. As expected, the Witt standard excluded significantly more potential jurors (21.2%) than did the Witherspoon standard (13.6%). The Witherspoon excludable potential jurors were found to be more highly opposed to the death penalty and more due process oriented regarding the criminal justice system than their death-qualified counterparts. The Witt standard, however, produced more heterogeneous exclusions. In addition, 24.1% of all respondents were found to be automatic death penalty potential jurors (ADPs), that is, potential jurors who stated that they would always vote for the death penalty for convicted capital defendants. Finally, the screening adequacy of the Witt standard for potential jurors who would not follow the law, particularlyfor ADPs, is questioned and discussed.     

Psychological and Physical Characteristics of U.S. Marine Recruits

This study examined psychological and physical health factors in a cohort of U.S. Marine recruits with the goal of developing a comprehensive understanding of attributes recruits bring to training. 1,350 male recruits completed a multimeasure survey during the first week of training. A 2-way multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was conducted to explore the relationship of hardiness dimensions on several psychological and physical factors. Compared with other military samples, this cohort reported similar levels on hardiness control and rigidity subscales. Recruits who reported higher scores on a measure of positive hardiness also reported higher scores on measures of grit, grit ambition, sensation seeking, training expectations, positive ways of coping, physical and mental health, fitness scores, and lower scores on a measure of depression. This study provides a more complete understanding of the complex array of attributes of Marine recruits and forms a foundation for predictive models of injury risk and/or attrition.