A new study published in the journal Pediatrics finds that psychiatric disorders should not necessarily disqualify a severely obese adolescent from bariatric surgery.
The new findings counter the prevailing belief which holds that mental health disorders could influence a patient’s ability to adhere to the pre- and post-surgical guidelines and as a result might contraindicate surgical intervention.
Rather, the study found that identifying anxiety, depressive disorders,...
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source https://psychcentral.com/news/2018/06/04/study-mental-disorders-should-not-keep-obese-youth-from-bariatric-surgery/135867.html
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