PubMed ID:
7361935
Public Release Type:
Journal
Publication Year: 1980
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.137.4.470
Authors:
Halmi KA,
Long M,
Mason E,
Stunkard AJ
Studies:
Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery
Eighty morbidly obese patients who had had gastric bypass operations were interviewed for psychiatric diagnoses using DSM-III criteria. The lifetime prevalence of Axis I clinical psychiatric diagnoses was 47.5%, with depressive disorders occurring in 28.7% of the total sample. No other diagnosis exceeded a 2.5% prevalence. The authors believe there is no evidence of an increased prevalence of major psychiatric disorder in obese persons when strictly defined diagnostic criteria are used.