The influence of the autonomic nervous system on psychosomatic diseases under the understanding of Psychoanalysis and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Abstract

Introduction: The present study presents an impact of the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) on psychosomatic diseases from the perspective of Psychoanalysis and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). The synchronicity between the ANS and the visceral functions of the body, through the almost instantaneous action on neuronal pathways and the consequent disturbances in the organism, illustrate the importance of studying the subject.

Objective: To comprehend how the psychosomatic disease is develop and how it is being saw by the Psychoanalysis and CBT theories.

Method: Was develop the qualitative method, bibliographic type, of descriptive depth, searching to understand the psychosomatic disease and his connection with the psychological theories of CBT and Psychoanalysis.

Results: a system that promotes changes in the organism, allowing greater or lesser functional balance in stressful situations, could to generate the psychosomatic disease as a result of a chronic stress, this situation can be observed and treated in different ways for the Psychoanalysis theory and for the CBT.

Conclusion: The understanding, in the light of Psychoanalysis and CBT, of psychosomatic disease as a product of prolonged psychological suffering, which culminates in cognitive changes and bodily symptoms, interfering in behavioral and social aspects, as well as in the quality of life of the problems, is evident.