Abstract
This paper reports on the preliminary findings of a study which was carried out at the Royal Brisbane Hospital between September 1970 and December 1971 on 100 women who had been admitted for hysterectomy.
Pre-operative prediction was made as to the likelihood of a well-adjusted or mal-adjusted outcome on the basis of a semi-structured psychiatric interview.
Follow-up assessments were made six months post-operatively and correlated significantly with the predicted outcome.
Reference is made to factors which related positively to a mal-adjusted outcome and the implications of the study are discussed.
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R. Chynoweth
Joyce Laing works in the Department of Child and Family Psychiatry, Playfield House, Cupar, Fife, and is a Consultant Art Therapist to Psychiatric Hospitals and Prisons and Chairwoman of the Scottish Society of Art and Psychology.