APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Disordered Eating and Psychopathology: Characteristics of an Urban Community Sample of Bariatric Surgery Patients
- Musya Herzog
Teachers College, Columbia University - Musya Herzog
Columbia University Medical Center - Jeon Hamm
Columbia University Medical Center - Daria Igudesman
Columbia University Medical Center - Shoran Tamura
Columbia University Medical Center - Pamela Colon
Mount Sinai-St. Luke’s Hospital - Pamela Colon
Columbia University Medical Center - Ari Shechter
Columbia University Medical Center - Jeanine Albu
Mount Sinai-St. Luke’s Hospital - Blandine Laferrère
Columbia University Medical Center - Jeffrey Brunstrom
University of Bristol - Xavier Pi-Sunyer
Columbia University Medical Center - Harry Kissileff
Columbia University Medical Center
Abstract
This study examines self-reported disordered eating and psychopathology symptoms in a community sample of ethnic minority bariatric surgery patients. Patients report high levels of anxiety, stress, and eating pathology pre-surgery compared to a normal weight group, and increased emotional eating, disinhibition, and hunger after surgery. Implications of findings are discussed.
Psychopathology
