title: A Pilot Study on Telephone Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Patients Six-Months Post-Bariatric Surgery.
abstract: This study aimed to determine the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a post-operative telephone-based cognitive behavioral therapy intervention (Tele-CBT) in improving eating pathology and psychosocial functioning.
  
  
  
  Six-month post-operative bariatric surgery patients (n = 19) received six sessions of Tele-CBT. Study outcome variables included binge eating (BES), emotional eating (EES), depressive symptoms (PHQ-9), and anxiety symptoms (GAD-7).
  
  
  
  Retention was 73.7 % post-intervention. Tele-CBT resulted in significant reductions in mean difference scores on BES, EES-Total, EES-Anxiety, EES-Anger, PHQ9, and GAD7. Tele-CBT patients experienced a mean weight loss of 8.62 ± 15.02 kg between 6-months post-surgery (pre-Tele-CBT) and 12-months post-surgery.
  
  
  
  These preliminary results suggest that post-surgery Tele-CBT is feasible and can improve post-surgery symptoms of psychopathology in this uncontrolled study, supporting the need for a randomized controlled trial.
authors.affiliation: Bariatric Surgery Program, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada. sanjeev.sockalingam@uhn.ca.|Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. sanjeev.sockalingam@uhn.ca.|Centre for Mental Health, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada. sanjeev.sockalingam@uhn.ca.|Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth Street-8EN-228, Toronto, ON, M5G 2C4, Canada. sanjeev.sockalingam@uhn.ca.
authors.forename: Sanjeev
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sockalingam
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Centre for Mental Health, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Department of Psychology, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, M5B 2K3, Canada.
authors.forename: Stephanie E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Cassin
authors.affiliation: Bariatric Surgery Program, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wnuk
authors.affiliation: Bariatric Surgery Program, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Chau
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Du
authors.affiliation: Bariatric Surgery Program, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.affiliation: Bariatric Surgery Program, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Centre for Mental Health, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Raed
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, 500 S State St, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
authors.forename: Sagar V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Parikh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D050110:Bariatric Surgery / Q000379:methods; D056912:Binge-Eating Disorder / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D002032:Bulimia / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011184:Postoperative Period; D013689:Telephone; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Bariatric surgery; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Gastric bypass; Telephone therapy