Eating dates in moderation can contribute to many health benefits, such as protecting against damage to cells from free radicals, helping preventing a stroke, coronary heart disease and the development of colon, prostate, breast, endometrial, lung, and pancreatic cancers.
The Psychological Evaluation. To determine whether patients are mentally fit for bariatric surgery, all bariatric surgery patients undergo a psychological evaluation. The mental health professional should be familiar with bariatric surgery procedures, in order to quickly spot any potential problems, including drug and alcohol abuse.
For this reason, during the period of evaluation it is important for the psychia-. trist to reassess whether the patient requires hospitalization or more intensive outpatient care. (e.g., greater visit frequency, intensive outpatient or partial hospital programs, programs of as-. sertive community treatment).