SYMPTOM TRANSFORMATION AFTER BARIATRIC SURGERY INTERVENTION A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS IN BOTH LEBANESE OBESE MEN AND WOMEN

Elise Bitar; Jeannette Abou Nasr-Daccache

Volume : VII, Issue : X, October - 2018

SYMPTOM TRANSFORMATION AFTER BARIATRIC SURGERY INTERVENTION A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS IN BOTH LEBANESE OBESE MEN AND WOMEN

Elise Bitar, Jeannette Abou Nasr Daccache

Abstract :

The number of candidates for the bariatric surgery is increasing massively in Lebanon with little research on post- operative psychological effects of this surgery on obese individuals.

For psychology, eating beyond the physiological need is a symptom and this study aims to observe the fate of this eating symptom.

The quest is conducted with three Lebanese men and women through a clinical interview and a projective test,the TAT.

The results show that all the candidates experienced excessive post-operative emotional fragility. The symptom persisted in two cases, displaced to another symptom in other cases and for the rest, they suffered either from depression or decompensation or a feeling of persecution.