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Euler S, Schimpf H, Hennig J, et al. On psychobiology in psychoanalysis - salivary cortisol and secretory IgA as psychoanalytic process parameters. Psychosoc Med. 2005;2:Doc05
Euler, S., Schimpf, H., Hennig, J., & Brosig, B. (2005). On psychobiology in psychoanalysis - salivary cortisol and secretory IgA as psychoanalytic process parameters. Psycho-social medicine, 2Doc05.
Euler, Sebastian, et al. "On psychobiology in psychoanalysis - salivary cortisol and secretory IgA as psychoanalytic process parameters." Psycho-social medicine vol. 2 (2005): Doc05.
Euler S, Schimpf H, Hennig J, Brosig B. On psychobiology in psychoanalysis - salivary cortisol and secretory IgA as psychoanalytic process parameters. Psychosoc Med. 2005 Mar 31;2:Doc05. PMID: 19742067; PMCID: PMC2736497.
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Psychosoc Med. 2005 Mar 31;2:Doc05.

On psychobiology in psychoanalysis - salivary cortisol and secretory IgA as psychoanalytic process parameters.

Psycho-social medicine

Sebastian Euler, Heinrich Schimpf, Jürgen Hennig, Burkhard Brosig

Affiliations

  1. Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany.

PMID: 19742067 PMCID: PMC2736497

Abstract

This study investigates the psychobiological impact of psychoanalysis in its four-hour setting. During a period of five weeks, 20 subsequent hours of psychoanalysis were evaluated, involving two patients and their analysts. Before and after each session, saliva samples were taken and analysed for cortisol (sCortisol) and secretory immunoglobuline A (sIgA). Four time-series (n=80 observations) resulted and were evaluated by "Pooled Time Series Analysis" (PTSA) for significant level changes and setting-mediated rhythms. Over all sessions, sCortisol levels were reduced and sIgA secretion augmented parallel to the analytic work. In one analytic dyad a significant rhythm within the four-hour setting was observed with an increase of sCortisol in sessions 2 and 3 of the week. Psychoanalysis may, therefore, have some psychobiological impact on patients and analysts alike and may modulate immunological and endocrinological processes.

Keywords: pooled time series analysis; psychoanalysis; psychobiology; psychotherapy process research

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