METHOD OF BEHAVIOURAL PSYCHOTHERAPY OF LOW AND MEDIUM PSYCHOTIC PATIENTS SEEING DENTIST Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC A61M21/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine, particularly dentistry and psychology. Before seeing a dentist, a patient is examined for a psychotic manifestation level. If the level is occurred to be low or medium, temperament typing follows. If the patient is found to be a melancholic, the doctor's speech rendering a psychotherapeutic aid principally consists of positive reward. If the patient is a choleric person, the doctor introduces positive and negative rewards equally into the speech. If the patient is a sanguine person, the doctor's speech shall contain all verbal constructions with prevailing positive reward. If the patient is a phlegmatic person, all verbal constructions shall be expressed with a minimum of negative reward.

EFFECT: method allows achieving an adequate relaxation level to be maintained throughout the whole dental care procedure.

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