New important data concerning problems with substance abuse disorder after bariatric surgery

Per-Arne Svensson and colleagues [1] provide an important update from the Swedish Obese Subjects (SOS) Study documenting a significant increase in non-alcohol substance use disorders (SUDs) following gastric bypass bariatric surgery. [...]psychosocial problems after bariatric surgery must also be considered [8], including persistence of medical comorbidities after surgery and lack of adequate improvement in quality of life or physical mobility, previously discussed in depth in a paper addressing suicide risk [9]. [...]both biological and psychosocial issues must be considered as possibly contributory. [...]all health care professionals, not just bariatric surgery clinics, who encounter these patients should be aware of these problems and carefully monitor for them.