Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 48, Issue 3 , Pages 231-236 , May 2007

The prognostic significance of depressive symptoms for predicting quality of life 12 months after gastric bypass

  • Robin M. Masheb

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, P.O. Box 208098, New Haven, CT 06520-8098 USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Yale Psychiatric Research, Yale University School of Medicine, P.O. Box 208098, New Haven, CT 06520-8098, USA. Tel.: +1 203 785 7807; fax: +1 203 785 7855.
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  • Marney A. White

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, P.O. Box 208098, New Haven, CT 06520-8098 USA
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  • Claudia M. Toth

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Professional Psychology, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT 06105, USA
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  • Carolyn H. Burke-Martindale

      Affiliations

    • St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, CT 06105, USA
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  • Bruce Rothschild

      Affiliations

    • St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, CT 06105, USA
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  • Carlos M. Grilo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, P.O. Box 208098, New Haven, CT 06520-8098 USA

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2007.01.005

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 48, Issue 3 , Pages 231-236 , May 2007

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