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Self Test for Medical Malpractice Stress


1. I am involved as a defendant in litigation and I am experiencing or feeling:
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1. Anger or irritability which is affecting my satisfaction with life

 

2. Sense of reduction or loss of control in aspects of my work or life

 

3. Singled out, isolation or tendency towards distancing from my peers

 

4. Over- or under-activity relative to my usual pattern

 

5. Anxiety or depressive symptoms

 

6. Changes in appetite or eating habits

 

7. Insomnia or poor quality sleep

 

8. Changes in libido (particularly reduction)

 

9. Emotional distancing from patients or office staff

 

10. Tendency towards withdrawal from family, friends, group activities

 

11. Concerns about my competence or ability to make decisions

 

12. Hesitation to take on difficult problems or demanding patients

 

13. Compulsion to order more testing of patients

 

14. Less willingness to take on administrative decisions or activities

 

15. Thoughts about changing careers or limiting practice

 

16. Physical symptoms which are different or worse from normal

 

17. Fatigue, or reduced energy levels

 

18. Loss of enjoyment in practice

 

19. Loss of interest in recreation

 

20. Drawn towards mindless pursuits, e.g. television, internet

 

21. Frustration that no end is in sight

 

22. Stymied by the system from dealing directly with the problem

 

23. Questions about value of persisting in medicine

 

24. Intrusive thoughts or compulsions

 

25. Alone in efforts to vindicate myself from an unfair accusation

 

26. Helpless or hopeless to change the course of events

 

27. Impulse to do something drastic or dangerous

 

28. Thoughts about benefit of ending it all

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