Understanding Mental Health Impacts on Bariatric Surgery Patients

Hosted by: Health Sciences North

In this session, you will learn to:

• Describe common mental health concerns in obesity care as experienced by bariatric surgery patients
• Initiate a psychosocial assessment and the use of psychiatric medications, while understanding their impact on obesity care
• Describe how OARS (a motivational interviewing technique) can be used to engage your patients
• Identify psychological and behavioural interventions used in obesity care