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...surgery that has been termed “addiction transfer” has been gaining attention. This term refers to when bariatric patients develop a new addiction that replaces that former addiction of compulsive eating (‘Addiction transfer,’ 2006, p. 8). Some psychologists feel that this transfer of addiction represents a failure on the part of the individual to come to term with the psychological reasons behind their addiction to food, which means that they feel compelled by their own inner void to seek out new ways to supplement their deficient sense of self (Spencer, 2006). However, other addiction experts, in a “new wave of research,” are finding that there are specific biochemical causes for compulsive eating that are quite similar to the biochemical processes that are associated with self-destruction addictions, such as addictions to alcohol and cocaine (Spencer, 2006). The following literature review looks at what has been discovered thus far and the implications of this information in regards to directions for future research.
One bariatric surgery center has...