[The significance of psychopathologic reactions and developments in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis]. / Semnificatia unor reactii si dezvoltari psihopatologice la bolnavii cu tuberculoza pulmonara.

Some psychopathological aspects occurring in the evolution of tuberculosis and the management of the mental patients with confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis are presented and commented upon. The analysis is based on the 20-year experience of a psychiatric unit specialized in attending such patients. The importance of a close cooperation phthisiologist-psychiatrist in individualizing the therapy choice of psychotropic and tuberculostatic drugs and avoidance of their possible incompatibilities is underlined. Given the mobility of the mental patients in the actual mental health care system and the development of some psychobehavioral risks, such as cooperation is also necessary in the prophylactic and rehabilitation programmes as part of populational health care delivery.