Undergoing Psychological Assessments For Spinal Stimulation Surgery

By Joseph Cooper


Part of the Hippocratic oath that doctors take involves doing no harm to patients. To ensure they do not do any kind of harm to their clients, they are required to perform thorough examinations to determine people's overall readiness for certain procedures. In particular, surgeons are often obligated to probe the mindset of patients who come to them for help. By performing extensive psychological assessments for spinal stimulation surgery, surgeons can determine how ready people are to undergo these procedures.

The first aspect of the assessment may involve exploring your overall mental readiness for the procedure. Undergoing any kind of medical procedure can be nerve wracking and troublesome. However, some patients experience extreme anxiety about the thought of being put under general anesthesia or allowing someone to have total control over their bodies. Your doctor will want to determine if you have this level of anxiety so he or she can allay your fears prior to being admitted to the hospital.

Some people also do not like the idea of having no control over who gets to see them unclothed and asleep on a surgical table. The idea of being naked in front of their surgeon may put some people off from the idea of being operated on. Additionally, they are afraid of what strangers will get to see them in this position.

Even if patients are mentally ready for the actual procedure, they may not be ready to be an active part in their own recoveries. Once they are out of the hospital, they no longer will have the nurses and doctors to rely on to tell them what to do. They have to do things for themselves, which can be more than some people are ready for after going through a procedure. This assessment will reveal people's willingness to obey doctors' orders.

At the same time, the examination will delve into how realistic people are about what will actually happen to them during and after the operation. For some people, the hope of being totally cured is too tempting to resist. They have to be corrected and told the likelihood of what will occur once they are sent home.

You yourself might find yourself corrected by your surgical team. You may have every hope the procedure will cure you of whatever ails you. However, your team may advise you that the procedure is only part of the process of getting better. Being corrected could be a part of your assessment.

Likewise, depending on your mental readiness, the team in charge of your care may decide that you would do well to take certain medications to keep you calm and focused. Antidepressants and anti-anxiety medicines might become a regimented aspect of your care. They will allay your worries and also put you in the right mindset.

A psychological evaluation is a routine part of going through surgery. This examination tells doctors about a patient's readiness go undergo the process of being operated on. It also gives the care team or doctors enough time to correct any fallacies and prescribe medications that could facilitate a faster and better recovery time for the patient.




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