Personality and psychopathology differences between bariatric surgery candidates, subjects with obesity not seeking surgery management, and healthy subjects.

CONCLUSIONS: Candidates for bariatric surgery display advantageous personality features and lower rates in psychopathology compared to other participants with obesity. These features may represent both traits facilitating the search for a bariatric treatment, and the preferred ones selected by the surgeon. Implications for clinicians addressing obese participants towards bariatric surgery and limitations concerning "impression management" are discussed. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, case-control analytic study. PMID: 31062200 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Eating and weight disorders : EWD - May 5, 2019 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Federico A, Spalatro AV, Giorgio I, Enrica M, Abbate Daga G, Secondo F Tags: Eat Weight Disord Source Type: research