Body fragmentation and bariatric surgery. From the organic to the corporeal in their relationship to structural logics

Abstract

The authors, clinicians, and researchers in psychopathology, developed a trans-structural psychic phenomenon found in obese patients who have undergone bariatric surgery: fantasies and delusions of body fragmentation. The psychic impact of bariatric surgery was studied based on a clinical case of neurosis and another one of psychosis, highlighting an alteration of body image and its sensations which would be at the origin of this phenomenon of fragmentation.

Key words:
Body; bariatric surgery; body fragmentation; neurosis; psychosis