Psychosocial Aspects and Quality of Life in Bariatric Surgery: An Update and Directions for Future Research
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (7 December 2022) | Viewed by 5373
Special Issue Editors
Interests: psychological and psychiatric aspects of solid organ transplantation; eating disorders; doctor–patient relationship and communication in health care; psychotherapy and psychoanalysis
Interests: child and adolescent neuropsychiatry; eating disorders; psychodynamic psychotherapy treatments and outcomes
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Dear Colleagues,
Obesity is a major health problem worldwide. Obesity is a complex multifactorial disease, involving genetic, metabolic, psychopathological, and environmental factors.
Bariatric surgery currently represents the most effective treatment for patients with severe obesity, resulting in sustained weight loss and improved physical health. Research has clearly documented a high prevalence of psychiatric comorbidities and a significant impairment in quality of life (Qol) in bariatric surgery candidates, followed by a general amelioration in the first years after surgery.
However, the psychopathological implications of bariatric surgery and the Qol trajectory in the long term are still poorly understood. Research addressing the relationship between BMI, psychopathology, and Qol over time represents an area of great interest to inform public health policies, in the light of the extraordinary increase in bariatric interventions and the ongoing debate concerning the extension of current indications to lower BMI classes in the presence of specific conditions (e.g., diabetes).
This Special Issue is open to any contribution concerning bariatric surgery psychosocial aspects in the pre- and post-operative period, particularly the determinants of psychopathology and quality of life; the psychosocial and psychopharmacological interventions in the pre- and post-operative period; and research addressing specific age groups (adolescents, adults, older adults).
Dr. Valentina Martinelli
Dr. Matteo Alessio Chiappedi
Guest Editors
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