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Psychiatric Disorders and Childhood Parental Loss in Obesity: Relationship with the Mode of Weight Gain

  • A. Alciati*
  • , D. Caldirola
  • , D. Foschi
  • , G. Perna
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We assessed the association between psychiatric disorders, childhood parental loss, and weight gain mode in 150 obese patients seeking bariatric surgery and with a history of sudden or gradual weight gain mode. Subjects with sudden weight gain mode (47%) showed significantly higher bipolar II disorder (p<.001), childhood parental death (p<.01), and separation (p<.01), but lower pure hypomania (p<.001) prevalence than subjects with gradual weight gain mode. We found preliminary evidence that lifetime bipolar spectrum disorders and childhood parental loss may influence weight gain mode in obese subjects. These findings may contribute to predict patients' weight trajectories and implement preventive interventions.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)213-224
Number of pages12
JournalJournal of Loss & Trauma
Volume21
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 3 May 2016

Keywords

  • prior trauma
  • panic disorder
  • loss
  • Binge eating disorder
  • bipolar disorder
  • BARIATRIC SURGERY CANDIDATES
  • BINGE-EATING DISORDER
  • BIPOLAR SPECTRUM
  • BODY-WEIGHT
  • DEPRESSION
  • WOMEN
  • ASSOCIATION
  • OVERWEIGHT
  • EXPERIENCE
  • STRESS

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