[Psychosomatics of myasthenia].

The therapeutic experience with myasthenic patients is difficult. It is suggested to interprete myasthenia gravis as psychosomatic illness because of lower conflicttolerance, onset by emotional situations, abnormous patterns of behaviour and personality, and suspected neuro-psychological disturbances. In our pilot-study with 13 patients we found disturbances in early childhood, sexual behaviour and dreaming. The intelligence (I.Q.) had a high average. 11 patients showed abnormous personality, 9 patients a pathological Benton-Test, perhaps an information of higher cerebral disorder. Supportive psychotherapy of myasthenic patients in close cooperation with neurologists is proposed.