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Psychiatrist Notes How Mental Health Parallels Surgical Outcomes

June 1, 2026

捩莽聆釵堯勳硃喧娶勳莽喧泭Liat Jarkon, D.O., director of the Center for Behavioral Health, appears on a segment about correlations between mental health and recovery from surgical procedures. Jarkon states that, according to studies, poor preoperative mental health negatively affects surgical outcomes. When not in a healthy state of mind, patients are more likely to suffer from increased pain, complications, and prolonged recovery times.

With stress, certain hormones are elevatedlike cortisoland increased cortisol can be very detrimental to wound healing, Jarkon says. Its important to have psychological support throughout the process. To prevent poor outcomes, Jarkon suggests that patient and physician maintain open, honest conversations so that mental health symptoms may be appropriately treated.