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Ways a illness can be viewed by the patient

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    1. The illness as a challenge.
    1. The illness as an enemy.
    1. The illness as a punishment.
    1. The illness as a weakness.
    1. The illness as relief.
    1. The illness as a strategy.
    1. The illness as an irretrievable loss and damage.
    1. The illness as value
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Conscious means of coping

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Problem centered coping - attempting to deal with or change the situation

Emotion centered coping - focusing on dealing with the emotional distress of the situation

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Unconscious means of coping

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Unconscious means of coping delude or distort the reality of the situation in the patients mind.

Denial is the most frequent

Other subconcious behaviors are possible- personality types

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What is a naive illness model

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Something always formed by the patient

Their own veiw/image of their illness, with their own perceptions of its symptoms, cause, length, and consequences.