Autoimmune thyroid diseases and problems in psychological maturation

By: Georg Soldner, Markus Sommer
Abridged version of a lecture given at a conference of the Anthroposophical Medical Association in Germany (Kassel, November 2003)
Original Title: Autoimmunerkrankungen der Schilddrüse und Störungen der seelischen Reifung. Der Merkurstab 2004; 57/5:341-9.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14271/DMS-18540-DE
English by A. R. Meuss, FCIL, MTA.
This translation is published with the kind permission of the journal Der Merkurstab.

Abstract

In the biography of many patients with autoimmune thyroid diseases characteristic problems are identified at the age of 9 to 15 years, a phase which may be seen as the time of awakening in mind and spirit.The pathogenetic background and possible consequences for therapy are discussed.

Citation: Soldner, G., & Sommer, M. (2005). Autoimmune thyroid diseases and problems in psychological maturation (A. R. Meuss, Trans.). Der Merkurstab, 2005(English issue), 6–13.