Prevalence of depression three years before and three years after obesity surgery: Sex-stratified case-control study using German health insurance claims data between 2009 and 2015.

Background: Obesity shows significant association with depression elevating morbidity burden. Obesity surgery (OS) has been proven as an effective therapy reducing weight as well as depression prevalence rates, though the latter decrease appears to be unstable over time. For a better interpretation of the time trend, data on depression prevalence in OS-patients for the period before the surgery are needed.

Care for post-COVID-19 condition in Germany from the perspectives of patients, informal caregivers and general practitioners: Study protocol for a mixed methods study.

Background: A large number of individuals suffer from post-COVID-19 condition (PCC), characterised by persistent symptoms following a SARS-CoV-2 infection with an impact on daily personal and professional activities. This study aims at examining which (health) care services are used by PCC patients in the German federal state of Lower Saxony, and how these patients manage their condition. The perspectives of patients, informal caregivers and general practitioners (GPs) will be considered.

The interplay of personality pathology and treatment outcome in psychosomatic psychotherapy: A longitudinal analysis using latent change score modelling.

Introduction: While ample data demonstrate the effectiveness of inpatient psychosomatic treatment, clinical observation and empirical evidence demonstrate that not all patients benefit equally from established therapeutic methods. Especially patients with a comorbid personality disorder often show reduced therapeutic success compared to other patient groups. Due to the heterogeneous and categorical personality assessment, previous studies indicated no uniform direction of this influence.

Self-Harm Before and Six Months After Obesity Surgery.

Purpose: Previous research on obesity surgery (OS) showed that patients do not only experience weight loss but also improvements in certain mental health outcomes (e.g., depression) after OS.