Depression, Obesity and Gastric Bypass Surgery

Depression is common among obese women. Although men are also affected by depression, doctors who counsel patients preparing for gastric bypass surgery find that many more women are affected by depression than men.

There is no clear cause of this difference between obese men and women, although it is believed that social pressures to be thin plays a bigger role in the life of women. Overweight women also have a higher incidence of sexual abuse in their past than thinner women, (25% as opposed to 6% of thinner women, according to Mary P. McGowan, MD., authour of Gastric Bypass Surgery.)

In addition, studies have shown that people with bing eating disorder (BED) tend to be depressed more often than other obese patients,

If you are considering gastric bypass surgery, and you have a history of depression, you may be given a psychological evaluation. If you are presently suffering from major depression, your doctors will want you to seek treatment before the surgery is performed. This will help assure a more positive outcome from the surgery, which is naturally very stressful.

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Depression, Obesity and Gastric Bypass Surgery

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