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Psychiatric aspects of head and neck surgery. Part I: New surgical techniques and psychiatric consequences. 1991

H Bronheim, and J J Strain, and H F Biller

Division of Behavioral Medicine and Consultation Psychiatry, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York 10029-6574.

Individuals who undergo head and neck surgery experience extreme stressors that go beyond those which occur with the usual surgical patient. This paper will review the literature and discuss the psychiatric consequences of otolaryngeal surgery. In addition, new head and neck surgical techniques, which offer special challenges to the patient as well as to the psychiatric consultant, will be examined. Tracheostomy, which occurs as a result of head and neck surgery, is of particular importance with regard to postoperative adaptation and is a significant complication that must be reckoned with.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007825	Laryngectomy	Total or partial excision of the larynx.	Laryngectomies
D010039	Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasms	A general concept for tumors or cancer of any part of the EAR; the NOSE; the THROAT; and the PHARYNX. It is used when there is no specific heading.	Neoplasms, Otorhinolaryngologic,Neoplasms, Otorhinolaryngological,Ootorhinolaryngeal Neoplasms,Otorhinolaryngeal Cancer,Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasm,Otorhinolaryngological Neoplasms,Cancer, Otorhinolaryngeal,Cancers, Otorhinolaryngeal,Neoplasm, Ootorhinolaryngeal,Neoplasm, Otorhinolaryngologic,Neoplasm, Otorhinolaryngological,Neoplasms, Ootorhinolaryngeal,Ootorhinolaryngeal Neoplasm,Otorhinolaryngeal Cancers,Otorhinolaryngological Neoplasm
D011183	Postoperative Complications	Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.	Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D011569	Psychiatric Status Rating Scales	Standardized procedures utilizing rating scales or interview schedules carried out by health personnel for evaluating the degree of mental illness.	Factor Construct Rating Scales (FCRS),Katz Adjustment Scales,Lorr's Inpatient Multidimensional Psychiatric Rating Scale,Wittenborn Scales,Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale,Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview
D001828	Body Image	Individuals' concept of their own bodies.	Body Identity,Body Representation,Body Schema,Body Images,Body Representations,Body Schemas,Identity, Body,Image, Body,Representation, Body,Schema, Body
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000223	Adaptation, Psychological	A state of harmony between internal needs and external demands and the processes used in achieving this condition. (From APA Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 8th ed).	Behavior, Adaptive,Healthy Adaptation,Positive Adaptation,Psychological Recovery,Adaptation, Psychologic,Adjustment,Psychological Adaptation,Adaptation, Healthy,Adaptation, Positive,Adaptive Behavior,Adaptive Behaviors,Healthy Adaptations,Positive Adaptations,Psychologic Adaptation,Psychological Recoveries,Recovery, Psychological
D001523	Mental Disorders	Psychiatric illness or diseases manifested by breakdowns in the adaptational process expressed primarily as abnormalities of thought, feeling, and behavior producing either distress or impairment of function.	Mental Illness,Psychiatric Diseases,Psychiatric Disorders,Psychiatric Illness,Behavior Disorders,Diagnosis, Psychiatric,Mental Disorders, Severe,Psychiatric Diagnosis,Illness, Mental,Mental Disorder,Mental Disorder, Severe,Mental Illnesses,Psychiatric Disease,Psychiatric Disorder,Psychiatric Illnesses,Severe Mental Disorder,Severe Mental Disorders
D012225	Rhinoplasty	A plastic surgical operation on the nose, either reconstructive, restorative, or cosmetic. (Dorland, 28th ed)	Rhinoplasties
D012803	Sick Role	Set of expectations that exempt persons from responsibility for their illness and exempt them from usual responsibilities.	Role, Sick,Roles, Sick,Sick Roles