Work stress and gender-dependent coping strategies in anesthesiologists at a university hospital.

Study Objective: To evaluate stressors and coping strategies for stress in a sample of anesthesiologists working at a university hospital.

Design: Cross-sectional study via survey instrument.

Setting: University department of anesthesiology and critical care at a 1305-bed hospital.

Psychotherapeutic treatment of morbidly obese patients after gastric banding.

Background: Surgery is the most effective therapeutic option for weight reduction in carefully selected patients with morbid obesity resistant to conventional treatment. However, surgical treatment is not the solution but an important precondition for successful management of morbid obesity.

Methods: All patients undergo a psychiatric examination before laparoscopic gastric banding.