%0 Journal Article
%T The Subject, Its Biology, and the Chronic Recurrent Cystitis
%A Michael Noll-Hussong
%A Michael Autenrieth
%A Dan Pokorny
%A Simone Herberger
%A Dorothea Huber
%J Case Reports in Psychiatry
%D 2012
%I Hindawi Publishing Corporation
%R 10.1155/2012/601705
%X Functional disorders in urology are troubling for both patients and physicians. Moreover, advances in recent research promise to provide biological insights into psycho-neuro-endocrino-immunological pathways that are one important facet of chronic urogenital inflammations. We present a case of a middle-aged woman with long-lasting recurrent cystitis for which especially a psychosomatic approach helped to understand and cure the disorder. Altogether, as practitioners treat subjects, not illnesses, a biopsychosocial understanding of human disease should be taken into account in cases of chronic recurrent cystitis.
%U http://www.hindawi.com/crim/psychiatry/2012/601705/