Understanding the patient's perspective of the abnormal mental state following open heart surgery may improve treatment.
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May prompt integrated post-cardiac surgery mental health support; leaves open prospective validation and targeted interventions.
This brief self-reflective phenomenological study attempts to throw light on the inner mental processes that go on immediately following open heart surgery. The combination of organic assault, medication, post-traumatic stress, and psychological injury involved produces an abnormal mental state that can better be treated if it is understood from the point of view of the patient.
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Richard D. Chessick (1995) studied this question.
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