Health ministry of republic of moldova the university of medicine and pharmacy nicolae testemiţanu

Questions for self-evaluation: 
1.
Describe each of the psychological cause of disorder’s appearing. 
2.
What methods imply the effective stress management? 
3.
Describe some strategies for crisis intervention. 
4.
What is The International Statistical Classification of Diseases 
(ISD-10)?
5.
Acording to what criteria in the Diagnostic and Statistical Ma-
nual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) the disorders are clasified? 
6.
What implies the patient sick role? 
7.
Enumerate the maintaining factors of illness behavior. 
8.
Identify the main types of disease perception. 
9.
Name the main conditions for a successful treatment. 
10.
Describe the types of attitude toward sickness. 
11.
Define 
the autoplastic picture of illness.
Bibliography
1.
PLANTE Thomas G. 
Contemporary clinical psychology.
Se-
cond Edition. Santa Clara University. 2005. 
2.
MAYOU Richard, SHARPE Michael, CARSON Alain 
ABC of 
medical psychology
First published in 2003 by BMJ Books, 
BMA House, Tavistock Square, London. 2007. 
3.
PAULINE M. 
Gender and Mental Health. 
MacMillan Press 
LTD. London .1999.
4.
DANTE Cicchetti, COHEN Donald J. 
Developmental Psycho-
pathology. 
New York: J. Wiley, 1995. 
5.
Changing perspectives in mental Illnesses
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1989. 

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Lecture V 
 
 
 
 
THE PSYCHOSOMATIC (SOMATOFORM) CONCEPT OF MEDICINE 
 
Structure: 
1. Psychosomatic medicine.
2. Psychosomatic (somatoform) disorders. 
3. Psychosomatic disorders classification.