Psychiatric Disorders and Childhood Parental Loss in Obesity: Relationship with the Mode of Weight Gain |
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| Authors: | Alessandra Alciati Daniela Caldirola Diego Foschi Giampaolo Perna |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Villa San Benedetto Menni, Hermanas Hospitalarias, FoRiPsi, Albese con Cassano, Como, Italy;2. Department of General Surgery, L. Sacco University Hospital, Milan Faculty of Medicine, Milan, Italy;3. Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands;4. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Leonard Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, USA |
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| Abstract: | We assessed the association between psychiatric disorders, childhood parental loss, and weight gain mode in 150 obese patients seeking bariatric surgery and with a history of sudden or gradual weight gain mode. Subjects with sudden weight gain mode (47%) showed significantly higher bipolar II disorder (p < .001), childhood parental death (p < .01), and separation (p < .01), but lower pure hypomania (p < .001) prevalence than subjects with gradual weight gain mode. We found preliminary evidence that lifetime bipolar spectrum disorders and childhood parental loss may influence weight gain mode in obese subjects. These findings may contribute to predict patients’ weight trajectories and implement preventive interventions. |
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| Keywords: | Binge eating disorder bipolar disorder loss panic disorder prior trauma |
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