Psychiatric Evaluation and Intervention in a Weight Loss Surgery Program: A Review / 신경정신의학

OBJECTIVES: Weight loss surgery (WLS) is an effective treatment for morbidly obese patients. A pre- and postoperative multimodal team-based approach is essential for maximizing the efficacy of WLS. Although there is currently no standard psychiatric approach in WLS programs, this paper summarizes the value and methods of assessment and intervention suggested in the literature. METHODS: A Pubmed search of English-language reports (1985 to 2010) and a manual search of bibliographies of related papers were reviewed. Relevant clinical information was extracted. RESULTS: Patients receiving WLS show a substantial prevalence of psychopathology, including depression, anxiety, and eating disorders, and also impaired quality of life. Most psychiatric symptoms and impaired psychosocial functioning tend to be improved after WLS, and this improvement is one of the important goals of WLS besides weight loss. However, outcomes are not promising in all patients, and the literature suggests that some psychiatric variables have prognostic value. One of the most widely researched poor prognostic factors is postoperative binge eating disorder. The identification of vulnerable patients and the offer of an appropriate intervention may be critical for their future full recovery. CONCLUSION: There are several reasons why psychiatric evaluation and intervention are worthwhile in a WLS program. Further researches will be required for the establishment of prognostic psychological factors, their biological mechanisms, and clinical guidelines for psychiatric assessment and intervention.

Psychiatric Evaluation and Intervention in a Weight Loss Surgery Program: A Review / 신경정신의학

OBJECTIVES: Weight loss surgery (WLS) is an effective treatment for morbidly obese patients. A pre- and postoperative multimodal team-based approach is essential for maximizing the efficacy of WLS. Although there is currently no standard psychiatric approach in WLS programs, this paper summarizes the value and methods of assessment and intervention suggested in the literature. METHODS: A Pubmed search of English-language reports (1985 to 2010) and a manual search of bibliographies of related papers were reviewed. Relevant clinical information was extracted. RESULTS: Patients receiving WLS show a substantial prevalence of psychopathology, including depression, anxiety, and eating disorders, and also impaired quality of life. Most psychiatric symptoms and impaired psychosocial functioning tend to be improved after WLS, and this improvement is one of the important goals of WLS besides weight loss. However, outcomes are not promising in all patients, and the literature suggests that some psychiatric variables have prognostic value. One of the most widely researched poor prognostic factors is postoperative binge eating disorder. The identification of vulnerable patients and the offer of an appropriate intervention may be critical for their future full recovery. CONCLUSION: There are several reasons why psychiatric evaluation and intervention are worthwhile in a WLS program. Further researches will be required for the establishment of prognostic psychological factors, their biological mechanisms, and clinical guidelines for psychiatric assessment and intervention.

Alterações psiquiátricas após corticoterapia em paciente com rara manifestação neurológica de Síndrome de Behçet e o papel da interconsulta psiquiátrica / Behavior disturbances after corticotherapy in a patient with uncommom neurological manifestation of Behcet Syndrome and the role of the consultation liaison psychiatry

A Interconsulta Psiquiátrica (IP) trata-se do estudo da relação entre a psiquiatria e todas as outras áreas dos conhecimentos do processo saúde-doença, visando, sob uma perspectiva biopsicossocial, atender sua demanda clínica (prestação da assistência ao paciente) e institucional (relacionada aos serviços). É descrito o caso de uma paciente que apresentou rara manifestação fisiopatológica da Síndrome de Behçet e que evoluiu com transtorno psiquiátrico após a instituição de terapêutica com corticoesteróides. Apesar da remissão dos sintomas mentais e comportamentais com tratamento psicofarmacológico de curta duração, a evolução do quadro demandou a reintrodução de corticoterapia, com recrudescência de quadro psiquiátrico e necessidade de instituição de tratamento de manutenção para seu manejo. Além de ilustrativo, no sentido de discutir uma rara condição clínica, o caso descrito exemplifica os benefícios da atuação conjunta e planejada entre psiquiatras e outros profissionais na assistência integral ao paciente.

Consultation Liaison Psychiatry studies the relationship between psychiatry and all other areas of knowledge of the health-disease process and intends to propose solutions, under a biopsychosocial perspective, to the clinical (assistant) or institutional (service-related) problems. It is described the case of a patient who presented unusual pathophysiologic manifestation of the Behcet's syndrome and also developed mental disorder after the pharmacological treatment with corticosteroids. Despite the remission of mental and behavioral symptoms with psychopharmacological treatment of short duration, her clinical outcome made it need the reintroduction of corticotherapy, with recrudescence of the psychiatric disorder and the need for maintenance treatment to assure its management. Besides illustrating a rare clinical condition, the case described exemplifies the benefits of joint and planned actions between psychiatrists and other professionals involved in an individual assistance at the hospital ward.