De Sousa Avinash
Department of Psychiatry, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Mumbai, India.
Indian J Plast Surg. 2010 Jul;43(2):200-5. doi: 10.4103/0970-0358.73452.
The face is a vital component of one's personality and body image. There are a vast number of variables that influence recovery and rehabilitation from acquired facial trauma many of which are psychological in nature. The present paper presents the various psychological issues one comes across in facial trauma patients. These may range from body image issues to post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms accompanied by anxiety and depression. Issues related to facial and body image affecting social life and general quality of life are vital and the plastic surgeon should be aware of such issues and competent to deal with them in patients and families.
面部是一个人个性和身体形象的重要组成部分。有大量变量会影响后天性面部创伤的恢复和康复,其中许多本质上是心理方面的。本文介绍了面部创伤患者所面临的各种心理问题。这些问题可能从身体形象问题到伴有焦虑和抑郁的创伤后应激障碍症状不等。与面部和身体形象相关的问题会影响社交生活和总体生活质量,这些问题至关重要,整形外科医生应该意识到这些问题,并能够在患者及其家庭中处理这些问题。