Psychosocial functioning following successful surgical relief from seizures. Evidence of prediction from preoperative personality characteristics

摘要: Abstract The relationship of preoperative personality tests to psychosocial functioning following relief seizures was studied in a group nonpsychiatric patients average intelligence. Patients with no psychopathology their were correctly predicted by clinical medical psychologist have good adjustment surgical success. However, predictions postoperative on correct only 26% the cases. Analyses test results showed that younger who had evidence disorganized confusion preoperatively did well psychosocially seizures. On other hand, older indications an organized, well-structured poor postoperatively, even though relieved.