Psych Evaluation

[ahipchik1965 15]

Still in pre-op and have my psych evaluation next week. I'm afraid I may say something that wouldn't qualify me. Dos anyone have any tips of things to not say? Perhaps some sample questions? I appreciate the help!

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[Montana Gal 448]

I had to take a standard personality test before the psch eval. The Pschologist then went over the test which didn't reveal anything I didn't already know. He then asked me what I thought led to my weight gain and what kind of support system I had for after the surgery and if I had a current therapist. That was about it. Took all of maybe 30 minutes. Just answer the quetions honestly and you will do great.

[KristenLe 5,979]

Still in pre-op and have my psych evaluation next week. I'm afraid I may say something that wouldn't qualify me. Dos anyone have any tips of things to not say? Perhaps some sample questions? I appreciate the help!

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Please be honest! The only one you hurt by not telling them everything or answering honestly is yourself. They are there to make sure you are prepared for life after surgery! If you have any "issues" - they will work with you at addressing them. Taking advantage of therapy or counseling is the best thing you could do for yourself!

[needtorecover 574]

They're basically looking to make sure you completely understand that this is a long-term lifestyle change and that you have realistic expectations. As long as you are committed to making a huge change in your life and you are comfortable with what to expect after surgery you won't "fail" the exam.

[Valentina 2,642]

Still in pre-op and have my psych evaluation next week. I'm afraid I may say something that wouldn't qualify me. Dos anyone have any tips of things to not say? Perhaps some sample questions? I appreciate the help!

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Please be honest! The only one you hurt by not telling them everything or answering honestly is yourself. They are there to make sure you are prepared for life after surgery! If you have any "issues" - they will work with you at addressing them. Taking advantage of therapy or counseling is the best thing you could do for yourself!

Yep! Exactly what she ^^^ said.

[pansy27 23]

I go in two weeks and she said that I would be doing some "tests" and talking to her.. So who knows I'll be honest.. No need to mess up now

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[Sajijoma 1,324]

My advice is to just go in calm and relaxed and don't lie about anything and don't get upset or stress about it. The whole process made me a nervous wreck, but the test is basically just like 100 questions about things like depression, feeling inadequate, do you think you can manipulate people into doing what you want, have you ever used drugs or alcohol and the like and then the questions are restated about 4-5 times in different ways. The worst part of all was talking to the psych himself and that's because mine was a smug jerk who didn't even listen to me or what I was saying and then tried to pounce on things he thought I said wrong like he asked my age and I said 38 and he thought I said 28, so when I listed my kids name and ages he said there's no way you had a kid at that age, and I was confused. I said lots of people have kids at 24 yrs old(my age when my 1st was born) so it took awhile of trying to explain to him I was 38 and he still kept saying 28 and by the end of it I was almost in tears thinking it would be wrecked because he wasn't even listening to me. I still passed though. The office manager pointed a couple of things out to me after the fact that calmed me down. One, he is an a-hole and they all know it. Two, it's his job to get people qualified. If he doesn't get people qualified, he won't have a job so he will get as many people qualified as possible so unless there was a serious reason not to(like obvious mental illness or drug addiction), he should pass pretty much everyone.