Ulysses Syndrome

The Ulysses or Odysseus - syndrome ( engl. : Chronic and Multiple Stress Syndrome ) is one of the pseudo syndromes . The term is derived from Odysseus ( English : Ulysses), whose Odyssey is often a synonym for an odyssey , and syndrome ( Greek : σύνδρομος sýndromos, 'coinciding'). He called one by strong mental stress induced , mental disorder in refugees or asylum seekers. (also: immigrant syndrome ).

The term is also used as a designation for an odyssey from doctor to doctor and / or an irreversible self-commitment (see the section on delimitation ).

Importance in the context of migration

• The Ulysses syndrome or 'immigrant syndrome with chronic multiple stress' is triggered by a series of troubles that are derived from the loss of values that are very important for the individual. For example: family, friends, your own culture, home country, social position and physical security, as well as anxiety during the flight. These reasons make a reorientation necessary for the refugees, which is made more difficult by a lack of language skills and social marginalization. The consequences are felt in feelings of alienation and uprooting.

Demarcation

• As Odysseus - (. Or English Ulysses syndrome) is also referred to conditions in which a patient because of an incorrect findings or an unclear diagnosis, wandering from doctor performs to a doctor or undergo treatment after another Likewise, this includes patients insist on invasive interventions, up to and including " luminary killer syndrome ".
• Situations in which an irreversible self- binding is undertaken - based on the fact that Odysseus had himself tied to the mast in order to withstand the beguiling singing of the sirens - are referred to as Odysseus syndrome .
• The morbid belief that someone close to you has died even though they are actually still alive is called Odysseus Syndrome .

Symptoms

The disease manifests itself in stress, depression , insomnia, nervousness , anxiety , somatoform , dissociative disorders and confusion or loss of reality .

See also

• Homesickness
• culture shock

literature

• Joseba Achotegui, La depresión en los immigrantes , (Spanish) Advances in relational mental health, Barcelona, ​​Vol. 7, No. 1, March 2008
• Joseba Achotegui, Emigration in hard conditions: the Immigrant Syndrome with chronic and multiple stress (Ulysses' Syndrome). In: Vertex (Buenos Aires, Argentina). Volume 16, Number 60, 2005 Mar-Apr, pp. 105-113, PMID 15912217 .
• Joseba Achotegui, Migración y Crisis: El síndrome del inmigrante con estrés crónico y múltiple (síndrome de Ulises). Avances en Salud Mental Relacional, (2008) 7, 1-28.
• Patricia Delgado Ríos: Migration and psychopathology. In: Annuary of Clinical and Health Psychology. Volume 4, 2008, pp. 15-25 ( PDF; 124 KB )
• Ediciones El País: No es depresión, es Síndrome de Ulises. In: sociedad.elpais.com. September 20, 2011, Retrieved March 3, 2016 (Spanish). 

Web links

Wiktionary: Ulysses syndrome  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Wiktionary: Odysseus Syndrome  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Rudolf Gross, Markus Löffler: Principles of Medicine: An overview of their bases and methods . Springer, 2013, ISBN 978-3-642-60426-3 , pp. 77-78 ( google.com ).
2. ↑ The Ulysses Syndrome
3. ↑ Heinz-Dieter Basler, Carmen Franz, Birgit Kröner-Herwig, Hans P. Rehfisch, Hanne Seemann: Psychological pain therapy: Basics, diagnostics, clinical pictures, treatment . Springer, 2013, ISBN 978-3-662-09595-9 , pp. 194 ( google.com ).
4. ↑ Patricia Delgado Ríos: Migration and psychopathology. In: Annuary of Clinical and Health Psychology. Volume 4, 2008, p. 19 ( PDF; 124 KB )

This article is about a health issue. It is not used for self-diagnosis and does not replace a diagnosis by a doctor. Please note the information on health issues !