This study strongly supports the notion that patients' attachment representations influence a psychologist's evaluation in an indirect way by influencing the symptoms of depression and anxiety patients report during an assessment interview. The clinical implications of these findings are discussed.Floor...
The psychological/psychiatric procedures should encompass two phases: pre-surgical assessment and post-surgical follow-up. Pre-surgical assessment should investigate every condition that might reduce the MBS effectiveness or contraindicate the surgical process. It must include a mental state evaluation, weig...
This is an individualized assessment, and the role of the psychologist and/or psychiatrist should be central. Some reports suggest an increased risk of suicide after bariatric surgery, although the etiology remains unclear [6]. Major failures of bariatric surgery are due to poor psychological adaptat...
The assessment consisted in an interview carried out by a clinical psychologist, and a pool of questionnaires to evaluate depression and anxiety symptoms (Beck Depression Inventory, BDI; and the Goldberg Anxiety and Depression Scale, GADS) the existence of a binge eating patte...
psychologist as part of his or her initial evaluation for surgery. Although psychological testing has not been shown to add significantly to the results of the structured interview, many psychologists still add some form of objective testing, usually the Personality Assessment Inventory and Beck ...
They had to be provided in the form of structured interactions between participants and facilitators (psychologists, psychotherapists, therapists in training, or other trained professionals supervised by a clinical psychologist or therapist) [53]. We did not include interventions focusing solely on ...
All the subjects underwent a psychological interview conducted by the clinical research psychologist to assess the presence/absence of inclusion and exclusion criteria; in addition, they were asked sociodemographic information such as gender, age, weight, height and BMI, marital status, education level,...
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