How can your healthcare team help with your psychological optimisation?

When you work with a multidisciplinary team, you can treat the whole patient and give complete treatment. With each physician focusing on a distinct component of the patient's health, doctors are more likely to discover and effectively manage areas of need. In this video, Mr. Ahmed Ahmed talks more about benefits of MDT approach for weight loss surgery.

Mr. Ahmed Ahmed recommends continuing psychological support is in the rehab period. He says it is important to cope with the physical and eating changes that have occurred after bariatric surgeries.

In this video, Mr. Ahmed Ahmed tells us how to get reassurance and support for weight loss surgery.

Most patients take the time to educate themselves about the risks and advantages of weight reduction surgery, and it is critical that they have the support of their friends and family. This will enable the patient to embark on an emotionally balanced weight-loss path. In this video, Mr. Ahmed Ahmed talks about why it is important to have a support network of family and friends for weight loss surgery.

A multidisciplinary team consisting of a physician with pharmacological experience, a nurse and/or nurse practitioner, a dietician, an exercise physiologist, and a psychologist may deliver a complete weight reduction program that combines the best successful therapies from each field. In this video, Mr. Ahmed Ahmed talks more about the MDT approach to weight loss surgery.

Here you can learn about psychological preparation either through a support group, relaxation techniques, or medical team before weight loss surgery.