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Getting Off on the Right Foot: The Many Roles of the Psychosocial Evaluation in the Bariatric Surgery Practice
Author(s) -
Sogg Stephanie,
Friedman Kelli E.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
european eating disorders review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.511
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1099-0968
pISSN - 1072-4133
DOI - 10.1002/erv.2395
Subject(s) - psychosocial , eating disorders , protocol (science) , medicine , foot (prosody) , psychology , physical therapy , psychiatry , alternative medicine , pathology , linguistics , philosophy
A thorough and specialized pre‐operative psychosocial assessment is an important part of a comprehensive bariatric treatment protocol. Over time, the presurgical psychosocial evaluation has evolved from a cut‐and‐dried process of recommending whether a patient should or should not undergo surgery to a more nuanced and multifaceted process that serves multiple functions. In this article, we review the many ways in which the pre‐operative psychosocial evaluation can enhance patient outcomes and adjustment and even the functioning of the interdisciplinary bariatric surgery team. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association.