Bronchial asthma - one of the diseases of psychosomatic diseases.
The introduction of a system of psychotherapy in treatment and rehabilitation measures in asthma contributes not only to improve the condition of patients, but also the prevention of recurrence, as restoration of disturbed relationships of patients and the usefulness of social functioning has been an important link prevent distress, often play a significant role in the occurrence and course of bronchial asthma.
This disease is allergic in nature, and therefore, the factors causing it are allergens: food, dust, pollen, and diphtheria serum. We emphasize that this does not cause allergies, and the factors causing it. The reason lies in the failure of the disease the immune system, in which she, instead of recognizing foreign proteins that can harm the body, fights, windmills, and uses his weapon - the antibodies against completely harmless substances. In this matter, the allergen can be anything and it is difficult to predict what kind of substance will be seen by the immune system as a potential enemy.
It is now recognized the role of these psychological factors in the genesis and development of psychosomatic diseases (including asthma):
chronic uncontrolled stress,
anxiety,
depression,
alexithymia,
repressed aggression,
autoaggression level (or guilt).
Modern psychotherapy has several hundreds of methods and techniques that can be used to provide professional assistance. In psychotherapy, each method has to use its indications, contraindications, strategy and tactics. Specialist selects the most appropriate method of psychotherapeutic work with the patient, given his personal characteristics, psychopathological manifestations, the possibility of the patient to accept this method.
The methods of psychotherapy for the treatment of asthma include:
