Understanding Mental Health Impacts on Bariatric Surgery Patients
October 13 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Hosted by: Guelph General Hospital
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
