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Psychiatria Danubina, Vol. 32 No. suppl. 1, 2020.

Conference paper

MULTIDISCIPLINARY MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC TINNITUS IN AUDIOPHONOLOGY CENTRE: SURVEY OF PSYCHIATRIC COMORBIDITIES AND PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATIONS USE OVER 10 YEARS OF ACTIVITY

Denis Jacques ; Université Catholique de Louvain, Psychosomatic Department, Mont-Godinne University Hospital, Yvoir, Belgium
Thomas Dubois ; Université Catholique de Louvain, Psychosomatic Department, Mont-Godinne University Hospital, Yvoir, Belgium
Nicolas Zdanowicz ; Université Catholique de Louvain, Psychosomatic Department, Mont-Godinne University Hospital, Yvoir, Belgium
Pierre Garin ; Université Catholique de Louvain, ENT Department, Mont-Godinne University Hospital, Yvoir, Belgium
Chantal Gilain ; Université Catholique de Louvain, ENT Department, Mont-Godinne University Hospital, Yvoir, Belgium

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Abstract

Background: The multidisciplinary management of disabling chronic tinnitus in the audiophonology centre demonstrates its
relevance. The detection and treatment of overlapping psychiatric pathologies is a crucial issue in the work of liaison psychiatry.
Subjects and methods: A 10-year retrospective review of the activities of a university audiophonology centre with 166 patients
who consulted for disabling chronic tinnitus and who underwent a Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview. The diagnostic
criteria used were those of the DSM IV.
Results: Our sample shows that major depressive disorders, somatoform disorders and sleep disorders were the most frequently
encountered. Alcohol misuse was also seen as the most common substance-related disorder. Thirty (30%) had prior psychiatric or
psychological monitoring, and 60% were previously treated with at least one psychotropic drug.
Conclusion: The systematic approach of liaison psychiatry appears to be essential in the treatment of disabling chronic tinnitus,
given the associated psychiatric comorbidity. Beyond the detection of unrecognized or untreated disorders, patient education to
attentional mechanisms and hypervigilance, which reinforce an unpleasant perception of tinnitus, as well as the management of
stress and somatizations and sleep hygiene, is recommended.

Keywords

tinnitus; liaison psychiatry; psychiatric comorbidities; psychotropic drugs

Hrčak ID:

262355

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/262355

Publication date:

24.3.2020.

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