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Jejunoileal bypass procedures in morbid obesity: Preoperative psychological findings
Author(s) -
Webb Warren W.,
Phares Robert,
Abram Harry S.,
Meixel Stephen A.,
Scott H. William,
Gerdes John T.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197601)32:1<82::aid-jclp2270320124>3.0.co;2-7
Subject(s) - jejunoileal bypass , citation , psychoanalysis , psychology , art history , morbid obesity , medicine , library science , art , computer science , obesity , weight loss
Seventy patients who averaged 155% overweight and requested jejunoileal bypass surgery as a treatment intervention for morbid obesity were studied preoperatively for prominent psychological characteristics. By use of standard personality tests and a structured psychiatric interview, it was found that 89% were judged to be psychologically favorable risks for the operation. Most frequently the diagnostic opinion was of a mild personality disorder.