Psychiatric aspects of Hysterectomy

Learning-Theoretical Aspects of Primary Dysmenorrhea

“…Beech and co-workers have described that people with an incrased state of negatively labelled physiological arousal have a high receptivity for conditioning. They also found that women in the premenstrual phase condition more easily than intermenstrual women (Asso & Beech, 1975;Vila & Beech, 1977, 1978. Women suffering from severe PD thus condition more easily, that is to say, in the premenstrual phase they are more than normally open to learn a more or less fixed connection between a stimulus (=an observable phenomenon in the surroundings, a thought, a feeling or a bodily sensation) and a response [= an observable physical (in)activity, a new thought or a new feeling or bodily sensation].…”

“…Furthermore, Beech and co-workers have shown that during the premenstrual phase, anxious women have a greater receptivity to conditioning than women who are not anxious (Asso & Beech, 1975;Vila & Beech, 1977, 1978. Beech and Perigault (1974) have described how people in hightened state of negatively labelled arousal have an incrased readiness to react with a particular response in answer to a stimulus which is regarded as harmful.…”

“…The ideas of many women about the genital functions are likewise more characterised by erroneous fantasies than by correct notions (Wenderlein, 1977;Raphael, 1978). Such deficient knowledge and erroneous fantasies might affect the way women with severe PD have learnt to negatively interpret their physiological arousal during the premenstrual and menstrual phases.…”

How age conditions the relationship between climacteric status and health symptoms in African American women

“…Unfortunately, in this study we do not have precise estimates of the hysterectomies and oophorectomies performed on these women. Such a review of elective surgical decisions seems especially justified because of mental and physical health consequences documented here and elsewhere (Barker, 1968;Bengtssan, 1973;Gordon, Kannel, Hjortland, & McNamara, 1978;McKinlay, McKinlay, & Bramhilla, 1987;Oliver, 1974;Raphael, 1976). Moreover, unnecessary hysterectomy may have iatrogenic effects not only on health status but also on familial and social relationships affecting health status (Jackson, 1985;Taylor & Jackson, in press;Taylor, Henderson, & Jackson, 1989).…”

Perceptions of Indian women on hysterectomy

“…3 While some studies report that patients have experienced greater improvement in their mental health, sexual desire and functioning, and overall satisfaction, others show that patients report various negative outcomes, with ill effects on sexual functioning being the main concern. 5,6 The knowledge pertaining to the surgery in patients of rural setting is very low, especially in developing country like India. Women who undergo hysterectomy surgery face a multitude of physical and psychosocial problems both before and after the hysterectomy.…”