肺移植における精神医学的および心理・社会的評価—精神科医の立場から—

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Lung transplant recipients could become more fearful of death during the waiting period and tend to be unstable emotionally. Moreover, even if surgery is successful, anxiety about and fear of rejection will follow. Severe rehabilitation must be done immediately after surgery, and furthermore, medications (immunosuppressants), frequent hospital visits, medical examinations and health care are required over a lifetime. Along with changes in social roles, adaptation to a new life is also necessary.

Thus, in lung transplant recipients, psychiatric and psychosocial aspects are extremely important throughout the preoperative and postoperative periods.

In this article, the authors describe in detail psychiatrists’ assessment in the lung transplant recipient, based on the authors’ clinical experience.