Monday, June 4, 2018

Study: Mental Disorders Should Not Keep Obese Youth from Bariatric Surgery

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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