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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:

Question 1.

Anger or irritability which is affecting my satisfaction with life

Question 2.

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

Question 3.

Singled out, isolation or tendency towards distancing from my peers

Question 4.

Over- or under-activity relative to my usual pattern

Question 5.

Anxiety or depressive symptoms

Question 6.

Changes in appetite or eating habits

Question 7.

Insomnia or poor quality sleep

Question 8.

Changes in libido (particularly reduction)

Question 9.

Emotional distancing from patients or office staff

Question 10.

<>Tendency towards withdrawal from family, friends, group activities

Question 11.

Concerns about my competence or ability to make decisions

Question 12.

Hesitation to take on difficult problems or demanding patients

Question 13.

Compulsion to order more testing of patients

Question 14.

Less willingness to take on administrative decisions or activities

Question 15.

Thoughts about changing careers or limiting practice

Question 16.

Physical symptoms which are different or worse from normal

Question 17.

Fatigue, or reduced energy levels

Question 18.

Loss of enjoyment in practice

Question 19.

Loss of interest in recreation

Question 20.

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

Question 21.

Frustration that no end is in sight

Question 22.

Stymied by the system from dealing directly with the problem

Question 23.

Questions about value of persisting in medicine

Question 24.

Intrusive thoughts or compulsions

Question 25.

Alone in efforts to vindicate myself from an unfair accusation

Question 26.

Helpless or hopeless to change the course of events

Question 27.

Impulse to do something drastic or dangerous

Question 28.

Thoughts about benefit of ending it all