Welcome back to The Bypassed Life’s new series, “The Crazy in Us.” Today I want to talk about a serious trend in post-operative life: suicide. I’ve spoken briefly on the topic before, but it’s a topic that deserves more attention.
Basically, some research has found higher than expected rates of suicide among weight loss surgery patients. The reasons for this trend remain unclear.
Welcome back to a new series at The Bypassed Life, “The Crazy in Us.” Today I’ll be speaking about mood disorders after bariatric surgery.
The limited research that has been done on psychological functioning after surgery suggests that while many individuals experience improvement in mood after bariatric surgery, the positive changes are not universal.
Welcome to a new series at The Bypassed Life: The Crazy in Us. Over the coming days and weeks, I’ll be taking a look at the psychiatric issues that affect weight loss patients, both before and after surgery. Make sure to check back in.
The first part of the series examines the presence of psychiatric issues in the morbidly obese and in candidates for bariatric surgery. The morbidly obese individuals have a higher incidence of mood disorders.
Continue reading ‘The Crazy in Us: Pre-Op Psychiatric Issues’
