Psychiatric counseling for depression prior to surgery?

I am close to scheduling my surgery date for Lap Band. I went to the pre-requisite psychiatric evaluation and then took the test (i am assuming it was a personality test). It was about 150 questions that you answered true or false to. It was really no biggie. Well that was 2 weeks ago and yesterday the nurse calls me and says that it is being recommended that I receive counseling for depression prior to scheduling my surgery. This really has been frustrating for me. I dont consider myself clinically depressed to the point i need counseling and nothing of the sort was mentioned when I was at my evaluation. Part of me just wants to call whole thing off. Has this happened to anyone else? Suggestions?

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