Table of Contents

About the Editors. Contributors. Preface. Mitchell, Courcoulas, Overview of Bariatric Surgery Procedures. Dymek-Valentine, Reinecke-Hoste, Engelberg, Psychological Assessment in Bariatric Surgery Candidates. Mitchell, The Use of a Standardized Database in Assessment. Kalarchian, Marcus, Bariatric Surgery and Psychopathology. De Zwaan, Weight and Eating Changes After Bariatric Surgery. Swan-Kremeier, Psychosocial Outcome of Bariatric Surgery. Flom, Nutritional Problems After Bariatric Surgery. Myers, Psychological Management After Bariatric Surrgery. Courcoulas, Kalarchian Marcus, Surgical Revisions and Surgery with Adolescents.

About the Author

James E. Mitchell, M.D., is Professor and Chair of the Department of Neuroscience at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Dr. Mitchell is also President and Scientific Director of the Neuropsychiatric Research Insititute in Fargo, North Dakota.

Martina de Zwaan, M.D., is in the Department of General Psychiatry, at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Hospital, in Erlangen, Austria.