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 THE INTERNATIONAL VIEW, PSYCHOSOMATIC EYE DISORDERS (2 Replies, Read 3647 times)
LizMiddleton
# October 6, 2008, 11:37 am
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WELCOME TO THE MIND'S EYE! Thank you to readers from around the globe - from America, Brazil, Sweden to the UK - who have responded so enthusiastically to the launch of this website.

It would be interesting to hear how eye services respond to sufferers of psychosomatic eye disorders in different corners of the world, and what the local treatment is.
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frankluck
# January 12, 2009, 9:02 am | Post: 1
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Psychosomatic eye disorders.When I managed a home visiting service to housebound blind and partially sighted Londoners, we encountered a woman who claimed to have very little sight left, lived in a darkened room, only went out wearing very dark glasses. She claimed that every sudden change in brightness, eg the \'fadeout\' when a television is turned off, caused a permanent deterioration in her sight. We found out that she had visited her local ophthalmic hospital over 30 times and nothing medically wrong could be found with her eyesight. She reacted angrily to any suggestion of a psychosomatic cause.
As we were \'laypeople\', neither medical or social services, we could only respond with \'call us if you want us\' as her relative mobility and social contacts made her low priority for the home visiting service.
One of my home visitors told me of his experience of a man who believed himself to be blind, used a white stick, had his home undecorated as \"I can\'t see anything\". No medical sight problem could be found.
Psychologists, psychiatrists - how do you deal with such cases?
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Maxine
# July 12, 2009, 11:54 am | Post: 2
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In my experience clients in social care are treated symptomatically eg with a rehabilitation programme to support their percieved issues. Eg long cane training, kitchen skills etc.
However, it is important of course to liaise closely with other colleagues such as GP, Ophthalmologist, and Menatal Health teams to ensure appropriate continuity of care.

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