Psychological aspects ofphysical illnessSICKAcompilalioncineon physical illness
Psychological aspects of physical illness
What? Why? How? INITIAL STAGESRethinkMentalJ.ILLNESSIllness.JI.CONVALESCENCEIVTHEPATIENTANDHISENVIRONMENTV. PATIENT-DOCTOR RELATIONSHIP
What? Why? How? • I. INITIAL STAGES • II.ILLNESS • III.CONVALESCENCE • IV.THE PATIENT AND HIs ENVIRONMENT • V. PATIENT-DOCTOR RELATIONSHIP
INITIAL STAGES Delay in patient-doctor contact.THE SOCIAL: Suppression of symptoms.PROBLEMSOFAN: Intimation of diagnosisINDUSTRIALCIVILIZATION? Reaction to diagnosis.: Admission to hospital.· Admission to an institution
INITIAL STAGES • Delay in patient-doctor contact. • Suppression of symptoms. • Intimation of diagnosis • Reaction to diagnosis. • Admission to hospital. • Admission to an institution
ILLNESS. 1. Illness increases a person's self-love.: 2. Illness may lead to hypochondriacaltendencies and to hysterical manifestations3.Illness imposes dependency4. lllness initerleres with a realistic outlookon life
ILLNESS • 1. Illness increases a person's self-love. • 2. Illness may lead to hypochondriacal tendencies and to hysterical manifestations. • 3. Illness imposes dependency. • 4. Illness initerleres with a realistic outlook on life
ILLNESS: 5. Illness meay lead to loquacity andphantasy formxation.6.lllness mlakes for need of affection: 7. Illness mnobilizes aggressiveness. 8. Illness may evoke feelings of shame. 9. Illness affects a person's mood
ILLNESS • 5. Illness meay lead to loquacity and phantasy formxation. • 6. Illness mlakes for need of affection. • 7. Illness mnobilizes aggressiveness. • 8. Illness may evoke feelings of shame. • 9. Illness affects a person's mood
CONVALESCENCE Psychologically, convalescence has beencompared with adolescence.SONVALESCENCEFEATHER
CONVALESCENCE • Psychologically, convalescence has been compared with adolescence
THEPATIENTANDHISENVIRONMENT. The word "complaint", not only in itscolloquial but also in its medical usage,signifies or implies an accusation.A New ReosontoSmile
THE PATIENT AND HIs ENVIRONMENT • The word "complaint", not only in its colloquial but also in its medical usage, signifies or implies an accusation
PATIENT-DOCTOR RELATIONSHIP? How do doctors respond to this situation?. there is the technician who places hisintelligence and knowledge at his patientsdisposal with no pretences, or, let us say,with very few pretences.TechnologyandtheDoctor-PatientRelationship
PATIENT-DOCTOR RELATIONSHIP • How do doctors respond to this situation? • there is the technician who places his intelligence and knowledge at his patients' disposal with no pretences, or, let us say, with very few pretences