title: Psychiatric diagnosis of morbidly obese gastric bypass patients.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005763:Gastroenterostomy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D012917:Social Adjustment; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis