iatrogenic

Iatrogenic - kind of psychogenic disorders; arising as a consequence of improper behavior of health workers (careless statements or actions, popular science lectures, built in pessimistic terms, etc.). It is believed that any human contact with the medical field can be fraught iatrogeny, if a person is predisposed to it. Therefore, the true causes of iatrogenic rooted in the behavior of the health worker and the patient's personality. The lack of a trusting relationship with the patient, the neglect of mental components of any medical procedure or its recommendations, contribute to the emergence of iatrogenic disease. Sometimes it is not even important information that the doctor informs the patient and which could cause iatrogenic, and the tone in which this information was told. risk group consists of women who face the awkward age (adolescents and persons in the period of menopause), as well as elderly people, are expected to appear at "the inevitable age-related changes." The current trend towards an increase in the elderly, and the growth of neuroses make the problem of iatrogenic diseases more urgent.

Iatrogenic often manifest neurotic reactions and are expressed in the form of different variants of vegetative dysfunction. Particular caution should be exercised when providing medical care by the medical staff, who have iatrogenic relatively frequent, and their treatment is difficult due to the often high resistance to psychotherapy.

The main method of treatment - psychotherapy, supplemented, if necessary, symptomatic means (tranquilizers, antidepressants); principles of therapy are the same as in the treatment of neuroses. Later recognize iatrogenic contributes to its protracted course and worse prognosis.