2 day psych eval

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Hi all. I had the psych eval for Dr. patterson. The

doctors are Dr. Poole in Vancouver, WA, or Dr. Ude in

Portland. I was referred to Dr. Ude because Dr. Poole

was so booked up. She is very nice.

The first day you take the MMPI which is a multi

choice scantron type test that takes a couple hours,

and a shorter eating evaluation test...like how often

do you eat, do you try to diet, do you deny yourself

foods you like, do you stop eating when you're full,

do you eat when you're nervous, etc etc.

Then the MMPI is scored which takes time. A computer

scores it and spits out an eval of your personality

type. Then the doctor reviews both tests. Finally, you

have a one hour consult to discuss the results. I was

surprised that the MMPI was pretty much right on about

a lot of my personality aspects. Dr. Ude talked about

my eating eval and the fact that I don't deny myself,

etc. I said that I had been on so many failed diets in

my life that for the past couple years I'd basically

given up. She believed my personality was basically

stable and that I had a good support structure with no

current major trauma in my life, which is what they

watch for.

When she called to set the consult, I told her I

currently see a counselor. She asked if she could

speak to him and I said sure. She said she couldn't

presume to know much about me in an hour and that it

was very helpful to talk to Brett.

So, it all went well. I still think it was stupid, but

it wasn't unpleasant and hopefully my insurance will

cover it. I could definitely imagine someone telling

them what they want to hear, though, thus getting the

surgery but not showing that problems would result.

I still think psych evals don't do what the dr hopes

they will...weed out people who will have problems

post op or people that might sue :-)

becki

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Becki, near Portland, OR

BMI 50-ish, age 42

pre-op DS. hoping to get approval

through Aetna Traditional Choice

Consulted with Dr. on 3-13-01

psych ok, nutrition ok, now on to insurance!!!

beckeye_58@...

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