psychosomatic

The multidisciplinary team of Vertices Psychologistsmade up of psychologists, doctors and psychiatrists, in our centers in Madrid and the , in Las Rozas, Galapagar, Majadahonda, Boadilla, Pozuelo, Torrelododnes, El Escorial and Villalba, we treat the different types of psychosomatic disordersintervening both psychologically and medically, through the application of third-generation therapeutic techniques and advanced psychotherapy, with more than 20 years of clinical research.

The patients affected due to this type of disorder, they usually have a personality that makes it difficult for them to express feelings and/or to live with generic stressors, creating a state of mind that activates or inhibits processes bodily. Likewise, behavior patterns are also often associated with psychosomatic disorders.

Some examples of this type of disorder are:

  • Ischemic heart disease: Individuals with very active, impatient, or aggressive personalities are 2.5 times more likely to have angina or AMI.

  • Bronchial asthma: Stress and certain conflicting emotional states can trigger asthma attacks.

  • irritable bowel: It is a functional alteration of the intestine that, although it is morphologically normal, produces diarrhea, constipation and abdominal pain.

  • Low back pain: Back pain occurs at the lumbar level, without there being any bone or muscle alteration that justifies them.

  • fibromyalgia: It is a chronic pain of the soft tissues, in localized areas that produce intense pain to the touch.

  • Tension headache: It is produced by the continued contraction of the muscles of the head and neck. It usually appears on the nape of the neck and later extends to the entire head.

  • psychogenic infertility: Women who suffer from it, cannot get pregnant, without organic reasons that justify it.

  • Eczema: It manifests with the appearance of vesicles and scabs on the skin tissue, which cause itching. Stress is the main trigger for this disorder.

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Therapy and treatment for psychosomatic disorders

In Vertices Psychologists We approach the therapeutic treatment of psychosomatic disorders from different perspectives, depending on the type in question. The techniques of behavior modification and relaxation They are usually the most effective in the treatment of this type of pathology, not being in favor of the use of psychoactive drugs, due to their high addictive potential.

In those cases in which there are associated organic diseases, the efonque multidisciplinary It is essential, and the patient must go to the appropriate specialist. The team of Vertices Psychologistswill later put together all the aspects that intervene in the disorder and the disease, in order to establish the diagnosis appropriate and the treatment methodology to follow