Self-Harm Before and Six Months After Obesity Surgery.

Tobias A ThomasKatja TilkKatharina KlassenMelanie PommnitzRuth WunderJulian W MallHinrich KöhlerMartina de ZwaanGünther MeyerThomas P HüttlAstrid Müller

Published in: Obesity surgery (2024)

No increase in self-harm behaviors after OS emerged. Still, a subgroup showed self-harm behaviors after OS closely linked to further psychopathology. This mirrors the need to implement screening for self-harm before and after OS into OS care. Further studies with longer follow up periods are needed to extend these findings.

Keyphrases

healthcare
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insulin resistance
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skeletal muscle
open label
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