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I. MCQS: Choose Only One Correct Combination
I. MCQS: Choose Only One Correct Combination
I. MCQS: Choose Only One Correct Combination
MCQs
Choose only one correct combination
1. suggestibility;
2. anxiety;
3. patients personality type;
4. negative transference.
3. Therapeutic adherence:
For the following two questions, please answer, according to the legend below:
A. the both sentences are true, and there is a causal link between them;
B. the both sentences are true, without a causal link between them;
C. the first sentence is true, and the second is false;
D. the first sentence is false and the second is true;
E. the both sentences are false.
C
II. Cause-effect questions
Choose only one correct answer
For the following two questions, please answer, according to the legend below:
A. the both sentences are true, and there is a causal link between them;
B. the both sentences are true, without a causal link between them;
C. the first sentence is true, and the second is false;
D. the first sentence is false and the second is true;
E. the both sentences are false.
Counter-transference = emotions / feelings felt by the doctor for the patient (in the
case of psychopaths (e.g.paranoid, schizoid, hysterical) can be negative.
Type A personality = hostile, competitive, always lacking time, easy to get frustrated
High secretion of cathecolamines (adrenaline, noradrenaline)
Predisposed to cardiovascular diseases.
Personality disorders
Commonalities = lack of empathy, difficult relationships with others (including the Dr),
rigidity of behavior. Can be non-compliant
Differences = at the level of transference (high = hysterical, low = schizoid), relations with
other patients (aggressive paranoid, absent schizoid), adherence (low paranoid, high
obsessional)
Glossary of terms
Depression = sadness, lack of energy, feeling guilty without reason
Various causes = endogenous / exogenous
Leads often to non-compliance (the patient does not take the drugs as prescribed)
Anxiety
Fear without reason
Can develop into panic attacks
Often surrounded by somatic symptoms
Psychosomatic disorders: physiological changes that occur as a result of a psychological factor (e.g.
stress) and are entirely reversible (e.g. gastric hypersecretion, coronary spasm)
Psychosomatic diseases: diseases that occur as a result of a long-term effect of a psychological factor
(e.g. stress) and are chronic. Examples: ulcer arterial hypertension, asthma
Distress: stress associated with negative events (high levels of cathecolamines and cortisole).
Eustress: stress associated with positive events (high levels of cathecolamines and endorphins).
Main effects of endorphins: decreasing the pain, euphoria, stimulation of immunity.