title: Impact of antidepressant use on gastric bypass surgery patients' weight loss and health-related quality-of-life outcomes.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Psychological factors may be predictive of post-surgical adjustment and successful outcomes in obesity-surgery populations.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The authors compared post-gastric bypass surgery (GBS) outcomes of patients being given active psychotropic treatment for depression, with those of patients without treatment or identifiable need for treatment at enrollment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Outcome measures included weight and repeated administration of the Medical Outcome Survey Short Form-36 (SF-36).
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was no impact of antidepressant treatment on GBS patients' weight loss or SF-36 outcomes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Therefore, patients with actively treated depression should be expected to have GBS outcomes equivalent to those of patients without identifiable psychiatric illness or treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Wilford Hall Medical Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA. Robert.Love2@dover.af.mil
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Love
authors.forename: Ashley S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Love
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bower
authors.forename: Walker S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Carlos Poston
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015897:Comorbidity; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D015390:Gastric Bypass / Q000523:psychology*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015431:Weight Loss / Q000187:drug effects*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents