Peristasis (biology)

In biology, peristasis means the totality of the influences of the environment affecting an organism . The aim is of genetic influences are apart. The term is derived from ancient Greek περίστασις 'the circumstance', 'condition', 'the (external) situation', 'the condition', in particular the 'difficult situation', but also 'splendid furnishings', 'appearance', 'splendor' , see. Peristasis .

Social psychological and social psychiatric approach

The importance of environmental influences is asserted for the first time by Sigmund Freud and his concept of psychoneurosis . In medical history it is remarkable that peristatic considerations relativize the concept of constitution and its pathogenetic role of endogeneity by emphasizing the importance of disposition as a susceptibility acquired through life history . In contrast to the term exogenous , which is also used for intrinsic biological reactions, the term peristatic is only related to environmental factors, cf. Structural analysis . Primary metabolic disorders of the liver, for example, which in turn damage other organs secondarily - and in this way also "from the outside" (›exogenous‹) - are to be seen as an example of the fact that the term ›peristatic‹ is a more precise term for anything coming from the environment Represents causes of damage.

Individual evidence

↑ Brockhaus, FA: The Great Brockhaus . Compact edition in 26 volumes, 18th edition, Wiesbaden 1983, volume 16, p. 334.
^ Benseler, Gustav Eduard et al .: Greek-German school dictionary. BG Teubner, Leipzig 1911, p. 726.
^ Uexküll, Thure from : Basic questions of psychosomatic medicine. Rowohlt Taschenbuch, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1963, Part II. The discussion (of psychosomatic medicine) with the new task. Cape. 3. Disposition, personality profile and willingness to be ill. Paragraph 2, p. 49.
↑ Degkwitz, Rudolf et al. (Ed.): Mentally ill . Introduction to Psychiatry for Clinical Study. Urban & Schwarzenberg, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-541-09911-9 ; on the keyword “exogenous”: p. 231, columns 1–2.

[1] Brockhaus, FA: The Great Brockhaus . Compact edition in 26 volumes, 18th edition, Wiesbaden 1983, volume 16, p. 334.

[2] Benseler, Gustav Eduard et al .: Greek-German school dictionary. BG Teubner, Leipzig 1911, p. 726.

[3] Uexküll, Thure from : Basic questions of psychosomatic medicine. Rowohlt Taschenbuch, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1963, Part II. The discussion (of psychosomatic medicine) with the new task. Cape. 3. Disposition, personality profile and willingness to be ill. Paragraph 2, p. 49.

[PSK-4] Degkwitz, Rudolf et al. (Ed.): Mentally ill . Introduction to Psychiatry for Clinical Study. Urban & Schwarzenberg, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-541-09911-9 ; on the keyword “exogenous”: p. 231, columns 1–2.