Concepts of illness in anthroposophic medicine · QRPV

The research congress will be held in English.

AM concepts of functional disorders and their multimodal treatment · Roman Huber
AM concepts of depression and their multimodal treatment · Johannes Reiner

Date and time: 27 February 2026, 7 p.m. CET
English

AM concepts of functional disorders and their multimodal treatment · Roman Huber

Functional disorders (FD) occur frequently, are often difficult to treat and can severely impair patients’ quality of life. They can affect various organs such as the stomach, intestines, muscles, lungs, heart or the urogenital system and should be distinguished from somatoform disorders, although there are overlaps. In FD, the balance between nervous, rhythmic and metabolic activities of the respective organs is disturbed. The symptoms are often worsened by insufficient mental processing (“disturbance of the brain–organ axis”). This is illustrated by the case of a patient with dyspepsia/irritable bowel syndrome. A clear, understandable explanation of the disorder is an important prerequisite for successful therapy. Working on attitudes, self-management (e.g. diet and hot compresses for dyspepsia, thermotherapy for fibromyalgia, distraction), mindful movement (therapeutic eurythmy), speech therapy and medication (e.g. bitter substances for dyspepsia) improve the symptoms, especially when applied within a multimodal concept.

AM concepts of depression and their multimodal treatment · Johannes Reiner

Depression is a major theme of our time and our culture. The anthroposophical view of the world and of the human being makes it possible to integrate cosmological aspects such as the influences of the planets into psychotherapeutic approaches.