My findings have been that the psych eval is to see what the patients expectations are vs. the reality of what if...what if it does not do all of the things in which the patient may think the operation or major procedure promises to do, in their perception...What if there is still pain? What will you do with your life, What if this new disc in your back does not allow you to go back to work and do the things in which you thought you would be able to do after the procedure etc...

Anyhow - that is what I think they give them for. If a patient is not grounded as to the 'what ifs' then they have someone unprepared to go into it in the first place.

I am not yet a real candidate for ADR and enjoy being here too, yet I am not the most knowledgeable here...I have just asked a lot of questions as to why on the psych eval too because I needed to know why before taking one.
Thanks