Psych eval question

Cicerogirl, The PhD
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on 2/14/12 11:26 am - OH

A history of abuse (or anything else for that matter) is NOT a basis for denying surgical clearance. As a counselor, I can tell you that the majority of women who have weight issues, in fact, have some type of abuse, neglect, or assault in their background. The psychologist is simply exercising the appropriate professional due diligence in asking to see the previous records. Previous mental health history is FAR less important than current functioning.

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

Winnie_the_Pooh
on 2/14/12 9:31 am

RNY on 06/08/11

I was required to take 4 weeks of group "therapy" for binge eating (I'm a night time eater). I enjoyed it and made a couple of friends!

Winnie

MarilynT
on 2/14/12 11:53 pm

RNY on 10/02/01

I was also told I had sub-clinical binge eating tendencies; was put on a higher than normal dose of prozac (based on a large scale research project's preliminary findings) and cleared for surgery!

Prior mental health history, if treated or even currently under treatment, should not impact your ability to have surgery. UNTREATED, perhaps will postpone.

Marilyn (now in NM)
RNY 10/2/01
262(HW)/150-155(GW)/159(CW)
(updated March 2012)

wvugal89
on 2/14/12 10:07 am - MD

RNY on 12/20/11

My psych eval took over two hours. The first part was talking about the surgery. Did I know the risks, was I expecting a miracle, could I hurt myslef ect. The other part was answering a gazillion mutiple choice questions. Most were asked multiple times with different wordings for each question.

Teri-Lynn
POI

jasonsmith
on 2/14/12 10:50 am - MO

I has my evaluation today, it took forty five minutes it was mostly stuff you should know the answer to. like why do you want the surgery, what are the risk during and after the surgery? What can happen if you are non compliant, Plus a little memory test was thrown in and a few humorous questions that probaly depends on the doc though. Mine said whos the cutest pshch doc you ever been too, well since he was the only one i ever been to i said why doc of course its you. So to wrap it up its easy and everyone can do it no sweat.

poet_kelly
on 2/14/12 10:59 am - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

He really asked you who was the cutest psych doc you've ever been too? Um, talk about inappropriate!

Kelly

Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.

jasonsmith
on 2/14/12 11:06 am - MO

Yes he did he said he likes to add a little humor to things. I admit it was a little weird but it did help me lighten up a little bit

Cicerogirl, The PhD
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on 2/14/12 9:26 pm - OH

RNY on 08/27/07

Not to mention unprofessional and treading close to the ethical/unethical line...

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

poet_kelly
on 2/15/12 12:39 am - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

I'm glad I'm not the only one that found that really bothersome. What on earth is wrong with some mental health care providers? I know they have to learn something about ethics and professional conduct in school.

Kelly

Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.

Cicerogirl, The PhD
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on 2/14/12 11:19 am - OH

RNY on 08/27/07

Pre-op psych evaluations are VASTLY different from one place to another... Some are nothing more than making sure you know what the surgeon is about to do to your body while others involve personality testing and in-depth questions about the contributing factors to your obesity, how you have used food in the past, etc.... So only someone who has been through the evaluation for YOUR surgeon can tell you what it will involve.

If you do not receive psych clearance, what happens next will depend on the reason for the denial and the recommendation (or policy) of the psychologist and/or bariatric program. The most common thing is to ask you to see a counselor for a certain period of time or until the counselor believes you are ready (again, based on whatever the initial concern was about your readiness for surgery) and sends a letter of recommendation to the original psychologist.

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

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