ArticleObesity surgery2022
The Association Between Bariatric Surgery and Psychiatric Disorders: a National Cohort Study.
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- Diagnosis and treatment of chronic abdominal pain after bariatric surgery: a systematic review.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Pooled it
- Sleeve Gastrectomy Versus Banded Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass for Obesity and Diabetes Mellitus: Psychology and Quality of Life Outcomes at 10 Years.Obesity surgery · 2026Trial
- Baseline Mental Health Status and Early Psychiatric Outcomes after Metabolic-Bariatric Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Obesity surgery · 2026Article
- Improving Patient Outcomes by Bridging Bariatric and Body Contouring Surgery with Comprehensive Prehabilitation.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2026Article
- Prevalence of Psychotropic Drug Treatment Interventions in Patients Undergoing Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: A Retrospective Study.Obesity surgery · 2026Article
- Insights from deep learning models on new-onset anxiety in patients following bariatric metabolic surgery.Journal of affective disorders reports · 2026Article
- Phenotyping of Patients Seeking Third or Higher-Order Metabolic Bariatric Surgery.Obesity surgery · 2026Article
- Eating Disorders in the Context of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: Current Status and Future Directions.Current obesity reports · 2025Review
- The Complexity of Bariatric Patient's Pharmacotherapy: Sildenafil Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics before vs. after Gastric Sleeve/Bypass.Pharmaceutics · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposePrevious studies have shown that bariatric surgery reduces the risk of cardiovascular outcomes. Less is known about the effects of bariatric surgery on psychiatric disorders. This cohort study compared the differential risk of psychiatric disorders between those who did and did not undergo bariatric surgery, from before until after the surgery. MATERIALS AND
methodsWe used PearlDiver-Mariner, a national all-payor claims database. Patients were followed for 1 year before and after the index date and a difference-in-differences (DiD) study design was executed.
resultsWe included 56,661 bariatric surgery patients matched to 56,661 individuals with obesity. Among bariatric surgery patients, the risk of psychiatric was 18% 1 year before and increased to 70% 1 year after surgery. Among individuals with obesity, the risk of psychiatric disorders also increased from 1 year before to 1 year after, but by less (21% versus 46%). DiD analysis suggested that bariatric surgery was associated with a 27 percentage point differential increase in the risk of psychiatric disorders across all patients, representing a 135% relative increase. Results using 3 years as the pre- and post-periods lead to similar inferences.
conclusionPreexisting psychiatric disorders are similarly prevalent among bariatric surgery patients and individuals with obesity. The prevalence of psychiatric disorders increased over time for both groups, but to a larger extent among bariatric surgery patients. Adequate treatment for psychiatric disorders and appropriate implementation of behavioral health interventions may be needed to reduce the burden of psychiatric disorders following bariatric surgery.
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