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Objective: Obesity is a worldwide public health problem, which increases morbidity and mortality. Bariatric surgery has become increasingly popular in the last decade and is a preferred treatment for obesity. The aim of this study is to evaluate the obese patients who are candidates for bariatric surgery by psychiatric clinical interview and psychometric tests.Material and Methods: 48 obese patients who were consulted to evaluate the psychiatric suitability of bariatric surgery were included in the study. Sociodemographic data form, Beck Depression Inventory BDI , Beck Anxiety Inventory BAI , Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale RSES , Coping Strategies with Stress Inventory COPE , Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire DEBQ and Short Form of Barratt Impulsiveness Scale BIS-11 were applied to the patients included in the study.Results: Of the patients included in the study, 32 66.7% were female and 16 33.3% were male. The mean body mass index BMI of the patients who are bariatric surgery candidates was found to be 45.23 ± 8.97, there was no difference between the two groups. There was no statistically significant difference in BDI scores between genders, and BAI scores were higher in women. COPE nonfunctional coping subgroup scores were found to be significantly higher in women. There was no significant difference between the sexes in the evaluations of DEBQ, RSS-self-esteem subscale and BIS-11. When the patients were divided into two groups as obese and morbidly obese, and mean scores of BDI and BAI were compared, it was found that both of the scores in the obese group were higher than the morbid obese group.Conclusion: Obesity is a multisystem disorder with mental components. Considering the mental components of obesity and their differences between genders should be evaluated as an important step in facilitating the patient's compliance with treatment with both surgical and non-surgical methods and in preventing recurrences

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