The Effect of Psychic Factors on the Spontaneous Cure of Secondary Amenorrhoea; A Comparison of Cases With and Without Spontaneous Cure

Abstract

A case of bilateral theca lutein cysts in a twin pregnancy is presented. Under ultrasound surveillance the cysts were seen to undergo spontaneous regression which was not matched by a falling human chorionic gonadotrophin titre.

Case Details

Personal Characteristics

Women with an active, direct, extraverted attitude

Clinical Characteristics

Secondary amenorrhoea

Remission Characteristics

Spontaneous cure

Treatment & Mechanisms

Proposed Remission Mechanisms

Possible symptom-maintaining factors of psychic origin

Additional Notes

No relation was found between intensity of neurotic behavior and of neurotic psychical symptoms and spontaneous cure. In the retrospective study the Schedule of Recent Experience (SRE) was used. A certain degree of disturbance of the psychic balance, as measured by the SRE, appears a condition of spontaneous cure.