Atopic Dermatitis in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy - A Psychobiological Case Study Atopische Dermatitis in psychoanalytischer Psychotherapie - Eine psychobiologische Fallstudie

Summary Presented is the case of a young woman suffering from atopic dermatitissince she started her career as a nurse specialized in child care. The descriptive approach to psychoanalytic treatment is paralleled by psychobiological process parameters, cortisol as well as IgA in saliva. The time series were analyzed by Granger tests and showed that depressive episodes triggered skin symptoms. The single- case analysisdisplays possibilities of