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Year 2 · Dental Medicine · Medical University of Sofia

Medical Psychology (Dental Medicine): notes and exam prep for MU Sofia

Medical Psychology (Dental Medicine) for Year 2 Dental Medicine at the Medical University of Sofia: all 27 syllabus topics in 2 sections, with exam-focused notes, figures and SuperPrep recall sets.

What Medical Psychology (Dental Medicine) has on SuperMed

  • Notes on every topic, written to answer the syllabus question as it is asked, with 181 figures and diagrams.
  • SuperPrep : 109 recall sets. A short piece of material, then questions on all of it from memory, at the grade you are aiming for.

The Medical Psychology (Dental Medicine) syllabus

Every topic, numbered as the department numbers it.

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I. Written exam6 topics

  1. 1Psychology as a science - definition, subject, tasks and methods
  2. 2Comparative psychology - basic typological models
  3. 3Stress - definition, types of stress and mechanisms of influence
  4. 4Phobic anxiety disorders - types, main characteristics
  5. 5Cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy
  6. 6Verbal communication - essence, basic principles and features in dental practice

II. Oral exam21 topics

  1. 7Medical psychology - essence and application in dental practice
  2. 8Psychoanalysis, personality structure, stages of development and defense mechanisms according to Sigmund Freud
  3. 9Behaviorism - emergence and development, main representatives
  4. 10Personality psychology. Erik Erikson's Psychosocial Theory
  5. 11Hans Eysenck's Theory of Personality Traits
  6. 12Developmental psychology - child and adolescent development, age periodization, basic psychological tasks
  7. 13Developmental psychology - adult development. Main periods and psychological tasks. Midlife crisis
  8. 14Stress - development of the stress concept. Stress as a way of life
  9. 15General Adaptation Syndrome - stress theory of Hans Selye
  10. 16Richard Lazarus' Cognitive Theory of Stress. Primary and secondary appraisal. Types of coping
  11. 17Stress in daily dental practice - sources and methods of coping
  12. 18Burnout syndrome - essence, prerequisites, main symptoms, stages and coping strategies
  13. 19Anxiety disorders - main types, leading symptoms. Generalized anxiety disorder
  14. 20Anxiety disorders - panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive disorder
  15. 21Dental phobia - main characteristics, reasons, and coping strategies
  16. 22Depressive disorders - types, symptoms and peculiarities at clinical course
  17. 23Mental disorders - schizophrenia - types, symptoms
  18. 24Mental disorders - dementia - types, symptoms
  19. 25Communication - essence, basic principles. Nonverbal communication
  20. 26Communication in dental practice - stages and basic principles
  21. 27Interpersonal relationships in dental practice - types of conflicts, approaches to coping

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