{"id":79,"date":"2011-03-17T22:42:51","date_gmt":"2011-03-17T22:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/?p=79"},"modified":"2015-08-27T00:11:05","modified_gmt":"2015-08-26T21:11:05","slug":"the-art-of-communiation-and-interviewing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seragpsych.com\/wordpress\/the-art-of-communiation-and-interviewing\/","title":{"rendered":"THE ART OF COMMUNICATION  AND  INTERVIEWING"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">COMMUNICATION AND INTERVIEWING:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> COMMUNICATION:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This should be adequate, accurate, understandable, imperative and satisfying the patient.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> INTERVIEWING:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Magic skill&#8230;<\/span><\/em> to establish interaction, gather data and develop doctor patient relationship.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">PRIMARY GOALS OF THE PATIENT INTERVIEW:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div>\n<p>At the Beginning<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To establish rapport .\u00a0 You should<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 put the patient at ease<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 introduce yourself<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 show respect to the patient<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div>\n<p>During the interview:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To Identify relative problems , you should<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 Allow the patient talk and express his feelings<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 Use proper language<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 use tact in framing questions<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 move effectively from one area to another<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 Use periodic sum<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 Clarify inconsistencies<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 Obtain meaningful information<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div>\n<p>At the End<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The patient should feel satisfaction. You should<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 Inform the patient for further steps<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 Give the patient opportunity to ask<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 Make closing statement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">CONTENT AND PROCESS OF AN INTERVIEW:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>CONTENT:<\/p>\n<p>Is the verbal exchange .<\/p>\n<p>PROCESS:<\/p>\n<p>Refers to what happens during the interview .\u00a0 The Physician should answer by himself 3 questions<\/p>\n<p>Why the patient is here?<\/p>\n<p>How he feels Now?<\/p>\n<p>His possible reaction to what is going on now ?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Characters of process of communication<\/span>:<\/p>\n<p>Fear\u00a0 may be expressed by momentary anger e.g. the patient may shout at the physician for being late\u00a0 probably he is afraid of\u00a0 being unavailable.<\/p>\n<p>Patient may speak about the present by recalling the past.<\/p>\n<p>Messages might hide ; but the patient passes remarks<\/p>\n<p>Gradual shifts of conversations<\/p>\n<p>Body languages<\/p>\n<p>Repetitions<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A.R.T.\u00a0 OF\u00a0\u00a0 INTERVIEWING:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A =ASSESSMENT<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Most\u00a0 of the questions are open ended and non directive .\u00a0 The patient describes, raises concerns and interests.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">R =RANKING<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ares to pursue further by direct questions so that each of the ranked problem can be investigated thoroughly according to its importance regarding the patient.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">T =TRANSITIONS<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Interview should flow smoothly from one aspect to another and the patient should be at ease.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>GUIDELINES FOR COMMUNICATION AND INTERVIEWING:<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The best interview should be organised and structured to\u00a0 elicit as much information as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Developing an open and productive Communication:<\/p>\n<p>You should develop specific techniques in asking questions approached\u00a0 with sense of purpose comparison\u00a0 and curiosity.<\/p>\n<p>It should be friendly conversations and interrogation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Personality characters of both the patient and physicians:<\/p>\n<p>Physicians should understand his own emotions , thoughts and reactions.<\/p>\n<p>Patients responses should be noted<\/p>\n<p>Emotional\u00a0 ( Laughing and crying).<\/p>\n<p>Motor \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 = Facial ( Smiling, nodding, frowning, sneering..etc.).<\/p>\n<p>Speech pattern ( Rate &#8211; volume and tone and what dose it mean?)<\/p>\n<p>Bodily gestures ( Clenching fists, fidgeting,<\/p>\n<p>Patient emotional response to illness.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">TECHNIQUES OF COMMUNICATING:-<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 <em>FACILITATION<\/em>= Encourage the patient to ventilate\u00a0 how?Repeat last word, question look, as what, give me example, please more verification.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS<\/span><\/em>= To have none specific informations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 <em>DIRECT QUESTIONS<\/em> = To have specific information.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">SUPPORT<\/span><\/em> = By giving him\/her interests and true will to help.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 EMPATHY= is to sympathize with the patient and to find a solution..<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 REFLECTION= repeat , mirror, echo a portion of what a patient has just said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 SILENCE=Brief, chance to express and explore more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 CLARIFICATION= for further information ,clarify to the patient what is clear from his behaviour\u00a0 and reactions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 CONFRONTATION=to call patient&#8217;s attention to his misbehaviour or good for depressed , inconsistent, and contradictions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 SUMMATION=Review information<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 INTERPRETATION= is a formulation of data , events and thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">PHYSICIAN &#8211; PATIENT RELATIONSHIP <\/span> &#8211;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> FACTS AND THEORIES:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Definition:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>is a 2 person relationship in a social system<\/p>\n<p>It transcends the traditional bed side manner.<\/p>\n<p>The physician provides emotional support and legitimise the illness .<\/p>\n<p>It is an important mediator of the therapeutic effect of every ttt program. (Placebo).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Sick Role:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Societal Expectations or the Ground rules.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Exempted from normal social responsibilities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unblamable<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Motivated to get well<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Obliged to seek technically competent help.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Performance of the sick role:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Economic:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>In case of hard financial aspects the patients are supposed to be reluctant to assume the sick role.<\/p>\n<p>Patients who are injured on the job, this may intensify and prolong <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the sick role.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Students might be inclined to assume the sick role for fear of interpretation in their careers<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Personal Experiences:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Proper time to assume the role for personal reasons and secondary gain.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Societal view of a particular illness:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>This may affect the motivation for assuming illness role.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Psychological factors:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Personality type:<\/p>\n<p>Habitual patterns of thoughts, behaviour and feelings of individuals<\/p>\n<p>THERE ARE\u00a0 8 TYPES OF PERSONALITIES CAN VISIT YOU\u00a0\u00a0 :<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Dependent, Demanding individuals<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Require a lot of reassurance and attentions , may enjoy their illness and sensitive to rejection.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Orderly controlling individuals:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Need to control their external and internal environment, they display intense fear of being helpless.\u00a0 you should describe to them precisely, with little emotional reaction, they feel very threatened by the control that physicians assume over their lives.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Dramatising and emotional individuals:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Need for continuous reassurance that they are still attractive and won&#8217;t be abounded . Describe impressionistically and charming often behave covertly .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Long &#8211; Suffering self sacrificing<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Endure\u00a0 protracted pain , they\u00a0 complaint of bad luck and disappointments and efforts of their physicians.\u00a0 they are mostly guilty.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Guarded and\u00a0 Suspicious:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hypervigilant, overly concerned about being harmed and exploited and criticises.\u00a0 hardly trust physicians blame others for their illness.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Superior and Special individual:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Behave as VIP , grandiose , snobbish and arrogance , proud of themselves and seek most emollient physicians.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Aloof and Seclusive individuals:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Shy, remote and detached. They postpone the time to meet the physician alone.\u00a0 Respect their privacy and don&#8217;t too much intrude if they don&#8217;t like to.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Impulsive:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>low frustration threshold and unable to delay gratification , they demand immediate relief of symptoms and act out aggressively.\u00a0 They may throw things of the physicians.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Personal Meaning of Illness:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The patient may view the illness as<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 A challenge<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 Inherent weakness<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 Threaten for destruction<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 Punishment<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 Strategy to cope with life demands.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 Relief from societal responsibilities<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 Irreparable damage<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 Positive Experience in the appreciation of the meaning of life and provides atheistic values.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">METHODS OF COPING WITH ILLNESS:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>This reflects both personality types and patient view about illness .<\/p>\n<p>Cognitive responses to illness:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Minimization:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Tends to ignore, deny, and rationalize significance of illness up to delusional denial of illness.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Vigilant focusing:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Brisk response to perceived danger signals.\u00a0 Anxious rumination and exaggerations.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Behavioral Responses to Illness:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Tackling:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>active attitude towards challenge of illness .\u00a0 He uses the damaged part of his body as if it is present and in its optimum function.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Capitulation:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Passivity i.e. fully give up.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Avoidance:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>flights into health and escape from sinking\u00a0 i.e. mixed from both above.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>THE ROLE OF THE PHYSICIAN:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a8 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">SOCIETAL EXPECTATIONS:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>5 key aspects to the physician &#8216;s role:<\/p>\n<p>1-\u00a0 Technical competence:<\/p>\n<p>High updated and technical skilled also\u00a0 knowledgable.<\/p>\n<p>2- Medical Role:<\/p>\n<p>Universalism, the physician is liable to treat any patient even his enemy.<\/p>\n<p>3- Functional Specificity:<\/p>\n<p>Specificity of competence ( he chooses what he specifically skilled to do )<\/p>\n<p>Specificity of scope of concern ( Skills and knowledge\u00a0 is only directed to medical care).<\/p>\n<p>4- Affective neutrality:<\/p>\n<p>Treat equally.<\/p>\n<p>5- Collectively oriented:<\/p>\n<p>Aware by things going on..<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a8 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">PATIENT&#8217;S EXPECTATIONS:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The doctor\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1- Reliefs from the distress regardless of illness.<\/p>\n<p>2- An unhurried setting and atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>3- Available\u00a0 &#8221; MY DOCTOR&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a8 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">PHYSICIAN EXPECTATIONS:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The patient perceived as good\u00a0 when he fulfill\u00a0 5<\/p>\n<p>1- Suffering by his symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>2- Presents objective symptoms and signs of treatable disease.<\/p>\n<p>3-Cooperates in treatment processes .<\/p>\n<p>4- No emotional demands on\u00a0 the physicians.<\/p>\n<p>5- Appreciating efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The patient is perceived as bad or blamed if one of the previous 5 is not fulfilled.<\/p>\n<p>the problems created mainly by the physician\u00a0 due to\u00a0 ineffective communication or deficient technical skills , knowledge and judgment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>MODELS OF THE PHYSICIAN PATIENT RELATIONSHIP:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">I-\u00a0 ACTIVITY &#8211; PASSIVITY:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The prototype is that infant parent relationship<\/p>\n<p>The task is to define the illness.<\/p>\n<p>The role &#8211; the physician is sufficient and the patient has no role .<\/p>\n<p>The physician gratifies his own needs for technical skills<\/p>\n<p>Clinical Applications: as in delirium, comatosed, anaesthesia and immobilized.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">II- GUIDANCE-COOPERATION:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In most current medical practice.<\/p>\n<p>The task is to define illness and prescribe ttt<\/p>\n<p>The doctor is responsible and the patient helps.<\/p>\n<p>The doctor is fully licensed to design .<\/p>\n<p>The physician satisfies his needs of nurturing, protect and restore.<\/p>\n<p>Clinical Applications: as in infections and convulsence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">III- MUTUAL PARTICIPATION MODEL:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is a model of 2 adults interacting for business purposes.<\/p>\n<p>It provides the framework for illness and ttt , the patients view integrated with the physician.<\/p>\n<p>The physician is professional specialist with skills , the patient is perceived as expert and concerned.<\/p>\n<p>The physician leads but not order, the patient monitor and participate.<\/p>\n<p>It fulfils needs for discovery , and mastery over anxiety.<\/p>\n<p>Clinical Applications as in cases of D.M and D.S.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">IV-SOCIAL INTIMACY :<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2\u00a0 close friends<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">STRESSES ON THE PATIENT &#8211; PHYSICIAN RELATIONSHIP:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">I- DIFFICULT PATIENTS:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The difficult patient is the one who raises problems in relationship.<\/p>\n<p>1-Covertly self destructive:<\/p>\n<p>covertly suicidal, defeat the physician attempts to save lives<\/p>\n<p>endanger a sense of futility in the physician who may act with overt anger or covert wishes that the patient would die.<\/p>\n<p>Exampified by those with severe emphysema and continuous smoking<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">2-Uncooperative patient:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>question treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Refuse testing and treatment<\/p>\n<p>Request another opinion<\/p>\n<p>Demands that hospital make concessions to their needs<\/p>\n<p>don&#8217;t get well<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">3- Somatizing patient:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Have a long standing recurrent physical\u00a0 c\/os\u00a0 without significant underlying disease or physiological abnormalities.<\/p>\n<p>Psychologically their symptoms are stemmed to serve them!!\u00a0 How?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Intrapsychic conflict:<\/span> The alteration of guilt through suffering secondary\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 to chronic pain.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Problematic Interpersonal relationship:<\/span> Refusal of sexual relations \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 because of recurrent headache.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Social or Environmental Problems<\/span>: \u00a0Not returning to unpleasant jobs \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 because of continuing symptoms stemming from work related \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 troubles.<\/p>\n<p>The difficult patients are perceived by physicians as not truly patients on scientific bases , so they lead to physicians&#8217; frustration and anger. \u00a0They are seeking with their physicians a key source\u00a0 of the respect, affection, concerns sympathy and love that they are not getting from parents, spouses , children or close friends .\u00a0 They are somatoform disorders<\/p>\n<p>Somatization disorder<\/p>\n<p>Conversion disorder<\/p>\n<p>Hypochondriasis<\/p>\n<p>Psychogenic pain disorder<\/p>\n<p>Factious disorder<\/p>\n<p>Malingering.<\/p>\n<p>4-patients with chronic Cognitive Impairment ( Chronic Organic Brain Syndrome):<\/p>\n<p>Those are uncooperative , negativistic and fail to perform mental state examination.<\/p>\n<p>Those patients may be dehumanized.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">5-Physicians as patients:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>induces more stress .<\/p>\n<p>They choose physicians with whom they may not lose equality.<\/p>\n<p>custom issue<\/p>\n<p>treating physicians may be reluctant to ttt physicians<\/p>\n<p>treating physician may fear criticism of his knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">DIFFICULT CLINICAL ISSUES:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">1-PAIN:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>development of rapport and trust between the patient\u00a0 in pain and physician may be impeded due to<\/p>\n<p>Underprescribing as the physician fear to turn the patient to an addict<\/p>\n<p>If it is not functional may not take attention, respect, interest and reacts with resentment, anxiety .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">2-DYING:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Helping this patient to accommodate to death , the physician usually avoid, the physician may uncomfortably about informing the patient .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">3- The patient with CONSENT<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The informed consent refers to patient right to choose .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">4-SEXUALITY;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Physician fear asking about sex aspects so he leaves unclosed data.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">TRANSFERENCE AND COUNTERTRANSFERENCE:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">I- TRANSFERENCE:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Unconscious projection presents feelings about attitudes linked to important people in the patient &#8216;s early life ( Parents and siblings )onto someone\u00a0 ( the physician).\u00a0 When intense it introduces distortion that interfere with effective working alliance between physician and patients.<\/p>\n<p>Patient may reactivate an infantile need for none demanding gratifying omnipotent parent.<\/p>\n<p>Repressed negative feelings<\/p>\n<p>Negative transference reactions(hostility, suspiciousness, and competitiveness).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">II- COUNTERTRANSFERENCE:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Physicians misperception of and inapporpiate\u00a0 behaviour toward patient. stemmed from unconscious emotional determined responses\u00a0 ( Unconfident doctor since childhood, thinks that all patients are revising him;\u00a0 doctor wants all patients love him and he seeks to do ultimate impossible help to them; 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