Review Article
Published: 28 February, 2020 | Volume 4 - Issue 1 | Pages: 001-006
Psychological phenomena of the doctor-patient relationship influence the therapeutic process. Among these phenomena are the transference (the emotions of the patient towards the doctor), and the countertransference (the emotional reactions of the doctor towards the patient). Doctor and patient are within an interactive relationship in a conscious and unconscious way: the patient is influenced by the doctor, and vice versa. Doctor is solely responsible for the control of transference and countertransference, since patients do not have a conscious perception of these phenomena. In general medicine the transference/countertransference have connotations of placebo effect and nocebo. The challenge of the doctor-patient relationship for the doctor is to realize the transference and countertransference phenomena and use them to achieve placebo effects and minimize the nocebo, and also respecting the needs of both parties, so that to improve the quality of clinical practice. Under these conditions, transference and countertransference are auxiliary resources of unparalleled value.
Read Full Article HTML DOI: 10.29328/journal.apmh.1001010 Cite this Article Read Full Article PDF
Communication; Physician patient relations; Psychotherapeutic processes; Transference (Psychology); Countertransference (Psychology); Placebo effect; Nocebo effect
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