Psychiatric Contributions to the Clinical Management of Plastic-Surgery Patients
- 1 May 1961
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Postgraduate Medicine
- Vol. 29 (5) , 513-521
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00325481.1961.11692474
Abstract
Fifty-four of 157 plastic-surgery patients seen in a two year period had psychologic problems important to their clinical management. Case reports are presented to demonstrate the types of clinical problems and the application of psychiatric principles. A psychiatrist makes four specific contributions to the clinical management of plastic-surgery patients: identification of severe personality problems, clarification of expectations and motivations, definitive psychotherapeutic intervention, and facilitation of healthy psychologic development made possible by surgery.Keywords
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