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If the current rates of obesity continue, an estimated 38% of the world’s adult population will be overweight and another 20% will be obese by 2030. And with increasing obesity, there has also been a gradual increase in bariatric surgery procedures like laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. In the USA, it was observed that the incidence of bariatric surgery increased from 43.5 per 100,000 in 2006 to 70.6 per 100,000 in 2009. But then, assessing the demographics and personalities of patients undergoing bariatric surgery, it has been found that such patients have a multitude of psychological issues like maladjustment in society, low self-worth, and depression that could be aggravated post-surgery when their expectations post-surgery are not met. And this leads to malpractice suits against the surgeon, substance abuse, alcoholism, and depression with suicidal ideation in the patient which needs to be highlighted, so that measures to tackle both surgeon and patient problems in the post-bariatric surgery setting can be planned and implemented. A literature review of existing journal articles does focus the need for a ‘bariatric psychiatry’ speciality in the bariatric surgery centres.
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Bhattacharya, K., Bhattacharya, N., Yagnik, V.D. et al. Suicide and Depression After Bariatric Surgery: A Critical Analysis. Indian J Surg (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-024-04020-1
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