title: Impact of bariatric surgery on depression and anxiety symptons, bulimic behaviors and quality of life.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess psychiatric symptoms, substance use, quality of life and eating behavior of patients undergoing bariatric surgery before and after the procedure.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted a prospective longitudinal study of 32 women undergoing bariatric surgery. To obtain data, the patients answered specific, self-administered questionnaires.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We observed a reduction in depressive and anxious symptoms and also in bulimic behavior, as well as an improved quality of life in the physical, psychological and environmental domains. There was also a decrease in use of antidepressants and appetite suppressants, but the surgery was not a cessation factor in smoking and / or alcoholism.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  a decrease in psychiatric symptoms was observed after bariatric surgery, as well as the reduction in the use of psychoactive substances. In addition, there was an improvement in quality of life after surgical treatment of obesity.
authors.affiliation: aff1.
authors.forename: Bárbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tae
authors.affiliation: aff1.
authors.forename: Elisabeth Rosa
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Pelaggi
authors.affiliation: aff1.
authors.forename: Julia Guglielmi
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Moreira
authors.affiliation: aff2.
authors.forename: Jaques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Waisberg
authors.affiliation: aff3.
authors.forename: Leandro Luongo
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: de Matos
authors.affiliation: Facudade de Medicina do ABC, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Gilberto
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: D'Elia
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D050110:Bariatric Surgery; D002032:Bulimia / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires