Depression and Anxiety in Obese Patients

Oyekcin D. G., Yildiz D., ŞAHİN E. M., Gur S.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM, cilt.15, sa.4, ss.121-124, 2011 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 15 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.121-124
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Anxiety, depression, obesity, psychiatric diagnosis
  • Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objectives: Epidemiologic data suggests an association between obesity and depression. However, a limited number of studies have investigated the prevalence of psychiatric symptoms among obese patients without a psychiatric diagnosis. The objective of this study was to determine psychiatric diagnosis in patients with obesity who applied to the endocrinology department and to determine the pattern of the depression and anxiety symptom levels in obese patients without a psychiatric diagnosis.