Kristopher Lamore1, Sandra S Kaci2, Sébastien Czernichow3,4, Marion Bretault2, Jean-Luc Bouillot5, Anne-Jeanne Naudé3, Sandra Gribe-Ouaknine3, Claire Carette3, Cécile Flahault6. 1. Laboratoire de Psychopathologie et Processus de Santé, EA 4057 (LPPS), Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 71, avenue Édouard Vaillant, 92774, Boulogne-Billancourt Cedex, France. kristopher.lamore@parisdescartes.fr. 2. Service de Nutrition, Hôpital Ambroise-Paré, 9, avenue Charles-de-Gaulle, 92100, Boulogne-Billancourt, France. 3. Service de Nutrition, Centre Spécialisé Obésité IDF Sud, Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou, 20, rue Leblanc, 75015, Paris, France. 4. Université Paris Descartes, 12, rue de l'école de médecine, 75006, Paris, France. 5. Service de chirurgie digestive et métabolique, Hôpital Ambroise-Paré, 9, avenue Charles-de-Gaulle, 92100, Boulogne-Billancourt, France. 6. Laboratoire de Psychopathologie et Processus de Santé, EA 4057 (LPPS), Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 71, avenue Édouard Vaillant, 92774, Boulogne-Billancourt Cedex, France.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Pre-operative psychological assessment is recommended by international guidelines for bariatric surgery candidates. Thereby, service teams caring for bariatric patients should include at least one mental health provider (e.g., a psychologist or psychiatrist). The objective of this study was to evaluate the psychology and psychiatry resources and practices in the 37 specialized obesity centers (CSOs) created by the French Ministry of Health. MATERIALS AND METHODS: CSO coordinators were contacted by e-mail to collect general information on the centers (e.g., number of bariatric operations). Secondly, psychologists and psychiatrists of each center completed an anonymous questionnaire assessing their professional practices and their organization of care pathways. RESULTS: The vast majority of CSO coordinators (81%, n = 26/32) answered our survey. These results show significant differences and shortages in terms of the psychology/psychiatry resources available. Most of the psychologists (n = 26/31) and psychiatrists (n = 10/10) stated that they systematically meet new patients only before surgery (56%) or both before and after the operation (30%); however, some psychologists and psychiatrists (14%) do not systematically meet all the patients (before and/or after surgery). Nevertheless, all the professionals provide psychology assessments, and about 75% of them offer a psychological follow-up, indicating a similarity regarding the practices of psychologists and psychiatrists. CONCLUSION: Our results highlight the place of psychological/psychiatric evaluations in French CSOs and emphasize the absence of mental health providers in several of these services. Post-operative psychological follow-up is not usually provided. It would be appropriate to create clear recommendations for post-operative psychological or psychiatric long-term follow-up.
OBJECTIVE: Pre-operative psychological assessment is recommended by international guidelines for bariatric surgery candidates. Thereby, service teams caring for bariatric patients should include at least one mental health provider (e.g., a psychologist or psychiatrist). The objective of this study was to evaluate the psychology and psychiatry resources and practices in the 37 specialized obesity centers (CSOs) created by the French Ministry of Health. MATERIALS AND METHODS: CSO coordinators were contacted by e-mail to collect general information on the centers (e.g., number of bariatric operations). Secondly, psychologists and psychiatrists of each center completed an anonymous questionnaire assessing their professional practices and their organization of care pathways. RESULTS: The vast majority of CSO coordinators (81%, n = 26/32) answered our survey. These results show significant differences and shortages in terms of the psychology/psychiatry resources available. Most of the psychologists (n = 26/31) and psychiatrists (n = 10/10) stated that they systematically meet new patients only before surgery (56%) or both before and after the operation (30%); however, some psychologists and psychiatrists (14%) do not systematically meet all the patients (before and/or after surgery). Nevertheless, all the professionals provide psychology assessments, and about 75% of them offer a psychological follow-up, indicating a similarity regarding the practices of psychologists and psychiatrists. CONCLUSION: Our results highlight the place of psychological/psychiatric evaluations in French CSOs and emphasize the absence of mental health providers in several of these services. Post-operative psychological follow-up is not usually provided. It would be appropriate to create clear recommendations for post-operative psychological or psychiatric long-term follow-up.
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Bariatric surgery; Care pathway; Psychiatry; Psychology; Specialized obesity centers
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