Limitations of the millon behavioral medicine diagnostic (MBMD) with bariatric surgical candidates

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1318-1322

  Walfish, Steven ^a,d   Wise, Edward A ^b   Streiner, David L ^c  

^a Independent Practice   (United States)

^b Mental Health Resources   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; MBMD; Psychological evaluation; Psychometrics; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MILLON BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE DIAGNOSTIC; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; STANDARD; SURGICAL PATIENT; VALIDITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BARIATRIC SURGERY; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; OBESITY, MORBID; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONALITY TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 53849139741     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-008-9542-7     Document Type: Article

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