Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica
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Acta Psychiatr Scand · Feb 2017
Risk of psychiatric disorders, self-harm behaviour and service use associated with bariatric surgery.
To investigate psychiatric outcomes after bariatric surgery, including suicide, self-harm, psychiatric service use and substance misuse. ⋯ Our study shows that undergoing bariatric surgery is associated with increases in self-harm, psychiatric service use and occurrence of mental disorders.