Longitudinal patterns of comorbidity between anxiety, depression and binge eating symptoms among patients with obesity: A path analysis.

Background: Depression, anxiety, and binge eating are common psychiatric symptoms among people with obesity. Although many studies seek to understand the mechanisms of association between these psychiatric symptoms, there is no still consensus about the longitudinal association.

Methods: 155 patients (124 women) were recruited from a university-based bariatric center and evaluated over three waves (T0-T1-T2).

The role of gender in the structure of networks of childhood adversity.

The objective of present study is to investigate the relationship between different childhood adversities. The potential impact of early adversity on prevention programs is discussed. Data on twelve childhood adversities was collected from a representative sample of 5037 members of the general population living in a large metropolitan area.

Gender-related patterns of psychiatric disorder clustering among bariatric surgery candidates: A latent class analysis.

Background: Psychiatric disorders tend to distribute unevenly in women and men with severe obesity. The current research aimed to identify homogeneous clusters of concurrent psychiatric disorders among patients seeking bariatric surgery, by gender.

Methods: We recruited a consecutive sample of 393 candidates with obesity (311 women and 82 men) in a university-based bariatric center.

Morbidity persistence and comorbidity of mood, anxiety, and eating disorders among preoperative bariatric patients.

The current study investigates the patterns of disease persistence and comorbidity of psychiatric disorders among patients with class III obesity in pre-operative period. For 393 treatment-seeking patients with severe obesity recruited from a bariatric center, we ascertained their psychiatric diagnosis through Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID-I). Following, the frequency, persistence and comorbidity pattern of psychiatric disorders in this sample were determined.

Clinical utility of the Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale for the detection of depression among bariatric surgery candidates.

Background: Clinical assessment of depression is an important part of pre-surgical assessment among individuals with morbid obesity. However, there is no agreed-upon instrument to identify mood psychopathology in this population. We examined the reliability and criterion validity of the clinician-administered Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) and the utility of a short version for bariatric surgery candidates.

Psychometric Properties of the Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale in Severely Obese Patients.

Obesity is a chronic condition worldwide and has frequent association with major depression. The Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) was applied to obese patients in order to detect briefly and systematically depressive symptoms. The objectives were: to estimate the reliability of the MADRS and to investigate the criterion validity of MADRS.

Psychiatric disorders among obese patients seeking bariatric surgery: results of structured clinical interviews.

Background: Obesity and psychiatric disorders are burdensome health problems commonly observed in general population and clinical samples. However, non-standardized assessment and small size of the sample might hamper conclusions of the investigations. The objective of this study is to replicate previous findings on frequency of psychiatric disorders and associated factors among obese patients seeking bariatric surgery, assessed through standardized interview.