Consequences of Surgical Illness and Treatment
- 1 June 1957
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in A.M.A. Archives of Neurology & Psychiatry
- Vol. 77 (6) , 623-634
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archneurpsyc.1957.02330360081009
Abstract
The commonest sequence in surgical practice may be described in four words: illness, treatment, convalescence, and recovery. The present paper reports a study of the natural history of these four processes in 200 surgical patients. Further, it reports an exploration of the interaction of these processes with the total personality and of the pathways by which psychological factors modify the patient's transition from illness to recovery and by which personality is changed in the surgical experience. Previous publications covering the work of our research team have reported the prevalence of psychiatric disorder in surgical patients, the relationship of emotional conflict to the onset of surgical illness,1the problem of psychoses during surgical illness,2special psychological problems involved in the treatment of the aged with surgical illness,3and the phenomenon of delay in seeking surgical diagnosis and treatment.4 Method and Methodologic Problems The research was planned and executedKeywords
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