Preoperative identification of psychiatric illness in aesthetic facial surgery patients

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the preoperative use of a two-par t standardized assessment program (Prime-MD, Biometrics Research Department , New York State Psychiatric Institute) to objectively detect psychiatric d isorders in facial plastic surgery patients, and to compare its use to find ings identified by the facial plastic surgeon. Seventy-five new patients re questing aesthetic facial surgery at two academic centers and two private p ractice locations were evaluated.