Do counseling interventions ameliorate depression in surgery patients?
This overview highlights the frequency of depression in surgical patients and calls for clinical trials to evaluate counseling interventions.
Depression is a frequent cause of morbidity in surgery patients suffering from a wide range of conditions. Depression may be identified through the use of Patient Health Questionnaire-9 or similar instruments. Counseling interventions may be useful in ameliorating depression, but should be subject to clinical trials.
Ghoneim et al. (Tue,) studied this question.