Stephanie Sogg

TL;DR: Recommendations for the psychosocial evaluation of bariatric surgery patients, appropriate qualifications of those conducting these evaluations, communication of evaluation results and suggested treatment plan, and the extension of behavioral healthcare of the bariatric patient to the entire span of the surgical and postsurgical process are outlined.

TL;DR: It is suggested that CBT and/or exercise can provide modest relief for some of the symptoms of chronic multisymptom illnesses such as GWVI, and both treatment alone and in combination with CBT significantly improved cognitive symptoms and mental health functioning.

TL;DR: From a systematic search of English‐language literature on WLS and mental health, quality of life, and behavior modification published between April 2004 and May 2007, evidence‐based best practice recommendations on the psychological assessment and treatment of WLS patients are developed.

TL;DR: These reports show that WLS reduces chronic disease risk factors, improves health, and confers a survival benefit on those who undergo it, and show that laparoscopy has displaced open surgery as the predominant approach.

TL;DR: A general overview of a semi-structured interview for pre-surgical gastric bypass evaluation, developed by the Medical Psychology Service at the VA Boston Healthcare System, is provided in this paper.