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

 
 
 
 
THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF ILLNESS 
 
Structure: 
1.
The psychological causes for the appearance of disorder
. 
2.
Classifications of diseases (ICD-10; DSM- IV). 
3.
The pain perception. The affective states conditioned by the 
illness and pain. 
4.
The patient’s attitude toward the illness. 
 
Key terms:
 
stress; crisis;
 
acute stress disorder; trauma; post-
traumatic stress disorder; mental disease;
 
the international classification 
of diseases (ICD-10; DSM-IV);
 
autoplastic picture of illness. 
1. The psychological causes for the appearance of disorder.
The most prominent psychological causes, which may disturb the 
organism function and can lead to disorders, are: 

Crisis. 

Stress. 

Acute stress disorder. 

Trauma. 

Posttraumatic stress disorder. 
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Difficult situation. 

Emergency situation. 
Crisis 
-
 
rapid changing of functional state of the individual secon-
dary to emotional and behavioral reactions in an unusual and/or unplea-
sent context. 
Stress – 
tension, in adaptation to a stressful situation (disease, in-
terpersonal conflicts. 
Acute stress disorder – 
anxiety thinking exposed to an extreme 
stressor (crime, accident, death, etc.) appearing immediate to one month 
after the event. 

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Trauma - 
reaction in face of a dangerous situation with psycholo-
gical, behavioral inhibition or hypervigilence. 
Posttraumatic stress disorder 
– hipervigilence, avoiding places, 
persons reminding the traumatic event, flash – backs.