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Psychosocial status and mental health in adolescents before and after bariatric surgery: a systematic literature review.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 55 citations in OpenAlex.
- Quality of Life in Patients Undergoing Revisional Bariatric Surgery: From Sleeve Gastrectomy to Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass.Obesity surgery · 2024Pooled it
- Psychosocial Outcomes Following Adolescent Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Obesity surgery · 2019Pooled it
- Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in adolescents with severe obesity (AMOS): a prospective, 5-year, Swedish nationwide study.The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology · 2017Trial
- Who is the Treatment-Seeking Young Adult with Severe Obesity: A Comprehensive Characterization with Emphasis on Mental Health.PloS one · 2015Trial
- Psychiatric Complications After Bariatric Surgery: A Narrative Review.The Eurasian journal of medicine · 2026Article
- Psychosocial Outcomes of the Fast Track to Health Clinical Trial in Adolescents with Obesity.Obesity facts · 2026Article
- The Effect of Bariatric Surgery on Quality of Life and Depression.JAACAP open · 2025Article
- Intersection between Eating Disorders and Obesity in Youth: Implications for Treatment.Current obesity reports · 2025Review
- Associations between Adolescent Preoperative Mental Health, Psychosocial Factors, and Body Mass Index.Obesity surgery · 2024Article
- Assessment of electronic patient education materials for adolescent bariatric surgery candidates: An environment scan.PEC innovation · 2023Article
- Long-term Outcomes Following Adolescent Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2023Review
- Trajectories of Psychopathology and Dysregulation 2-4 Years following Adolescent Bariatric Surgery.Journal of pediatric psychology · 2023Article
- Ethics of Bariatric Surgery in Adolescence and Its Implications for Clinical Practice.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- Impact of Short-Term Weight Loss on Hemostasis and Thrombosis after Bariatric Surgery.Surgery research and practice · 2023Article
- Obesity in children and adolescents: epidemiology, causes, assessment, and management.The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology · 2022Review
- A visualized and scientometric analysis of research trends of weight loss in overweight/obese children and adolescents (1958-2021).Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Short-Term Changes in Mental, Physical, and Social Factors After Metabolic Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents: A Nationwide Prospective Cohort Study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Contextualising Eating Disorder Concerns for Paediatric Obesity Treatment.Current obesity reports · 2021Review
- Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents.Current obesity reports · 2021Review
- Depressive and anxiety symptoms and suicidality in adolescent and young adult females with moderate to severe obesity before and after weight loss surgery.Clinical obesity · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveAs long-term results of conservative treatment for obesity are discouraging, bariatric surgery is becoming a treatment option for extremely obese adolescents. However, mental and behavioral problems need to be respected when treating this vulnerable target group.
methodsA detailed systematic literature review on pre- and post-operative depressive, anxiety and eating disorder symptoms of adolescent patients was performed in PsychINFO, PubMed and Medline electronic databases.
resultsTwelve studies met the inclusion criteria. Although strength of evidence was limited, results suggested that pre-operatively a third of adolescents suffered from moderate to severe depressive disorder symptoms and a quarter from anxiety disorder symptoms, while a substantial number showed eating disorder symptoms. Post-operatively, levels of depressive disorder symptoms significantly improved. Original articles on outcomes of eating and anxiety disorder symptoms after weight loss surgery were not found.
conclusionsFurther attention is needed on consistent clinical assessment of mental health disturbances and their consecutive treatment in adolescents. Future research should also focus on psychological and psychosocial predictors of weight loss after bariatric surgery.
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