The Effect of Ileostomy and Colectomy on the Personality Adjustment of Patients with Ulcerative Colitis

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THE importance of psychiatric factors in ulcerative colitis is well recognized. Major contributions to our understanding have been made by Murray,1 , 2 Sullivan,3 4 5 Lindemann,6 Daniels7 , 8 and Kaufman.† Daniels has pointed out that the psychiatric aspect of the disease can most easily be comprehended through an understanding of three components: the personality make-up of the patient, environmental situations that appear to be related to exacerbations and the clinical picture, or mental status, observed during periods of severe illness. There is a remarkable unanimity of opinion on the part of psychiatrists that the personality make-up most often observed in ulcerative colitis is characterized . . .

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